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In this episode of The Main Scoop, Greg Lotko and Daniel Newman sit down with Barry Wordell, Head and Global GTM for Sales and Strategy at Microsoft, to discuss the importance of leveraging both cloud and mainframe strengths for an effective hybrid strategy.

On this episode of the Six Five Podcast Infrastructure Matters, host Steven Dickens is joined by Astadia's Chairman and CEO Scott Silk, for a conversation on strategies for successful mainframe modernization. Astadia is at the forefront of helping organizations transition from legacy mainframe systems to modern cloud-based solutions, facilitating greater agility and efficiency.

Their discussion covers:

The current landscape of mainframe modernization and its importance for businesses.

Challenges organizations face during the transition from mainframe to cloud environments.

How Astadia's approach to mainframe modernization sets it apart from competitors.

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In this episode of Enterprising Insights, Futurum Group Enterprise Applications Research Director Keith Kirkpatrick provides a preview of his fall conference schedule, focusing on the events he will be attending, the key items he hopes to learn, and how these developments may impact the enterprise applications market. He will then move to the Rant or Rave segment, where he picks one item in the market, and either champions or criticizes it.

In this episode of Marketing: Art & Science CMO advisor and host Lisa Martin welcomes business leader and CMO of NetApp, Gabie Boko. In their engaging conversation, Gabie shares with us her background, double clicks on what stakeholders want from B2B marketing leaders, how she's using data to pull the levers of art and science in marketing, and how NetApp marketing is leaning into generative AI.

Their discussion covers:

Gabie Boko shares her career journey, her role at NetApp, and how marketing is fully integrated into the company’s strategy.

An exploration of ho...

On this episode of Infrastructure Matters, Steven Dickens is joined by IBM's Chris Berry, Distinguished Engineer - Processor Development, and Susan Eickhoff, Director, IBM Z Processor Development for a conversation on the latest AI acceleration innovations unveiled by IBM at the Hot Chips conference.

Their discussion covers:

The key features of IBM's new processor developments.

The impact of AI acceleration on business applications.

The role of IBM's technology in advancing computational power.

Strategies for integrating IBM's advancements into existing IT infrastructure.

Future directions for AI and processor...

In episode 51 of Infrastructure Matters, hosts Steven Dickens and Camberley Bates discuss the latest developments in the data infrastructure industry, with a focus on the Future of Memory and Storage Summit (FMS). They highlight the importance of the tech stack for AI, the challenges faced by Intel, and the growing role of companies like Palantir and Cloudera in managing and curating data for AI applications. The episode also touches on Camberley's involvement in promoting women in the tech industry through the SuperWomen of FMS initiative.

The key talking points include:

Future of Memory and Storage...

In this episode of The 5G Factor, our series that focuses on all things across the 5G ecosystem, we review the recent key 5G-related moves made by players advancing 5G readiness consisting Arrcus landing $30 million in new investment including  NVIDIA, T-Mobile launching the Partner Plus channel program at reducing 5G laptop and FWA price barriers, and Ericsson providing perspective on how mobile operators can make progress in offering differentiated connectivity.

Our analytical review drilled down on:

Arrcus Lands New Investors Spotlighting NVIDIA Relation. In July, Arrcus announced a significant new investment of $30 million fr...

In this episode of Marketing Art and Science, CMO advisor and host Lisa Martin invites Dynatrace CMO Laura Heisman to discuss the real-world applications and impact of AI, generative AI, causal AI, and predictive analytics on the customer journey. Laura also shares her expertise in formulating marketing AI councils at companies like VMware and Dynatrace, and talks about the significant impact these councils are having on marketing-sourced business.

Their discussion covers:

Introduction to the CMO, her journey, and what excites her about leading marketing in the AI era.

Insight into Dynatrace’s marketing te...

On this episode of The Main Scoop, Hosts Greg Lotko and Daniel Newman sit down with Patrick Moorhead, founder and CEO of Moor Insights & Strategy, to talk current IT investment trends across platforms and how to maximize business value through strategic investment.

In this episode of Enterprising Insights, Futurum Group Enterprise Applications Research Director Keith Kirkpatrick discusses the recent quarterly earnings from several enterprise application vendors and provides his take on how their results are reflective of some of the larger trends in the marketplace. Then, as always, he addresses his Rant or Rave of the week.

In episode 50 of Infrastructure Matters, Steven Dickens and Camberley Bates discuss recent earnings reports and trends in the infrastructure sector. They focus on Amazon Web Services' (AWS) impressive growth, Commvault's strong financial performance, Intel's strategic challenges and changes, and Kyndryl's turnaround efforts. The episode also highlights recent announcements from Veeam and Splunk, and new developments from Google in AI and data management.

Key Points:

AWS Growth: AWS reported $26.3 billion in quarterly revenue, showcasing significant growth from its origins, despite a minor miss against consensus estimates.

Commvault Success: Commvault's subscription revenue rose 28% year-over-year, demonstrating...

In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, hosts Camberley Bates, Steven Dickens, and Krista Case discuss various topics including Krista's recent wedding, the CrowdStrike outage, and its implications on cybersecurity, Microsoft's East Coast Azure outage, and the recent earnings reports of IBM and Google Cloud. Krista emphasizes the importance of cyber resiliency and the need for a robust recovery plan. Steven and Camberley highlight the significance of multi-vendor strategies to mitigate risks and the role of regulation in addressing systemic issues in cloud services. They conclude with insights into the financial performances of IBM and Google Cloud, noting the increasing...

In this episode of Enterprising Insights, host Keith Kirkpatrick discusses Salesforce’s announcement on what it says is the world’s first LLM benchmark for CRM. He discusses the elements of the benchmark, why it’s important, and assesses whether the market will start to see other benchmarks from SaaS companies or third parties begin to come to market. Then, as always, Kirkpatrick will rant or rave about an item in the market, this time focusing on the lack of transparency around the collection of driving data from automakers Hyundai, Honda, and General Motors.

Observe, Inc CEO, Jeremy Burton, joins CMO Advisor and Host Lisa Martin on this episode of "Marketing: Art & Science". In this conversation, Jeremy shares his CEO-level perspectives and expectations of the marketing function, as he's held several signifiant CMO and CEO roles. He also discusses just how the marketing function differs at early stage companies compared to larger, public companies, and what his expectations are of marketing as a strategic business partner.

Their discussion covers:

Burton’s journey from software executive to CEO and his extensive experience in enterprise software and marketing.

The ex...

On this episode of DevOps Dialogues: Insights & Innovations, I am joined by Guy Currier, VP & CTO of Visible Impact at The Futurum Group and Scott King, Managing Partner at Sprinter Associates for a discussion on the impacts of outsourcing skill gaps.

Our conversation covers:

Challenges and complexity, tech stack issues, and the impacts of skill gap issues

34% of organizations indicated that they would like to use managed services 

How vendors enable service delivery partners and enable them

These topics reflect ongoing discussions, challenges, and innovations within the De...

In this episode of Enterprising Insights, host Keith Kirkpatrick discusses the state of Omnichannel Communications, delving into some statistics around the current utilization of omnichannel engagement strategies and channels, discusses a survey highlighting retailers’ use of the approach and discusses the challenges that are still facing the market.

Finally, he will close out the show with the “Rant or Rave” segment, where Kirkpatrick picks one item in the market, and he will either champion or criticize it.

On this episode of DevOps Dialogues: Insights & Innovations, I am joined by Alan Shimel, CEO and President of TechStrong Group, and Stephen Foskett, President of Tech Field Day, for a discussion on impacts of how CIOs are managing the cost of DevOps.

Our conversation covers:

Past, present, and future applications

24% of organizations have a desire to release code on an hourly basis, but yet, only 8% are able to do so.

Re-internalization of IT and managing the cost

In this episode of Enterprising Insights, host Keith Kirkpatrick discusses two Market Insight Reports that were recently published on FuturumGroup.com, focusing on Text-to-Image Generation Technology for the Enterprise, and on Customer Data Platforms. He discusses the key issues within each market, pulls out key insights from the report, and discusses the pitfalls and challenges to enterprises seeking to implement each type of software.

Finally, he closes out the show with the “Rant or Rave” segment, where Kirkpatrick picks one item in the market, and he either champions or criticizes it.

On this episode of Marketing Art and Science, join Host and CMO Advisor Lisa Martin of The Futurum Group as she welcomes Jennifer Johnson, (JJ) CMO of Crowdstrike. In this engaging conversation, JJ discusses her unique journey to the CMO role, the evolution of Crowdstrike's data-driven marketing strategy, the collaborative relationship between marketing and sales, and how Crowdstrike is really leaning into Generative AI to convert prospects faster and enhance employee productivity.

Their discussion covers:

JJ shares her inspiring journey from helping to lead a family business to CMO of Crowdstrike, discussing the importance of...

In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, hosts Kirsta Macomber and Camberley Bates walk through the current perspectives of VMware transitions (or not) plus announcement from NetApp on Cloud and Druva’s offerings.  

Key topics include:

NetApp announced Blue XP Workload Factory aimed at automating and managing cloud workloads like SQL, Oracle, and SAP for VMware environment.

Other announcements covered from NetApp included expansion of services with Cloud Providers, including Block Storage offerings with AWS and data protection for Azure and GenAI enablement. 

GenAI highlights with NetApp Ontap leveraging capabilities like FlexClone and S...

On this episode of DevOps Dialogues: Insights & Innovations, I am joined by Senior Director of Market Insights, Hybrid Platforms at Red Hat, Stuart Miniman, for a discussion on Red Hat Virtualization and AI Impacts on DevOps

Our conversation covers:

Highlights of Red Hat Summit

Impacts of Virtualization and AI on the market

Additions of Lightspeed into RHEL and OpenShift expanding on Ansible

In this episode of The 5G Factor, our series that focuses on all things across the 5G ecosystem, we review the recent key 5G-related moves made by the hyperscale cloud providers including Google Cloud and Motorola announcing a new multi-year relationship to bring GenAI to Motorola phones, AWS works with SK Telecom to test outbound roaming across its global infrastructure, and Oracle debuts Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Telco Landing Zone aimed at optimizing telco workloads.

Our analytical review drilled down on:

Google Cloud and Motorola Bring GenAI to Razr Smartphones. Google Cloud and Motorola announced...

In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, hosts Camberley Bates, Steve Dickens and Krista Macomber discuss developments around security, AI, and more. 

Key topics include:

The Futurum Group’s Cybersecurity Decision Maker IQ Data

Infinidat’s InfiniSafe Automated Cyber Protection

IBM’s Granite Model for AI

IBM’s investments in Wimbledon

Investments in components for AI PCs from Samsung, SK Hynix, Kioxia, and others.

On this episode of DevOps Dialogues: Insights & Innovations, I am joined by Tucker Callaway, CEO of Mezmo, for a discussion on Mezmo Data Management, Observability, and getting real value out of telemetry data.

Our conversation covers:

What Mezmo Data Management is.

The fact that 52% of organizations use 6 to 15 different tools in observability.

Why DevOps or application developers are creating logging capabilities .

On this episode of The Main Scoop, we are joined by Bertrand Cardinal, Director of Banking Solutions at Desjardins, for a conversation on empowering development teams through automation, unit testing, and collaboration. We discuss how applications are the keys to harnessing the power of the mainframe, making developers gatekeepers who must be empowered to deliver more, maximize productivity, and ensure applications deliver ongoing vitality. This developer-centric approach is crucial for leveraging the full potential of technology in banking.

On this episode of Marketing Art and Science, Host and CMO Advisor Lisa Martin of The Futurum Group is joined by Boomi CMO Alison Biggan. Tune into this 30 min conversation to hear about Biggan’s journey to the C-suite, the strategic roles marketing art and data science play in Boomi's global leadership in iPaaS, and the infusion of AI and automation in Boomi marketing.

Their discussion covers:

The role of marketing in Boomi’s corporate strategy, which is focused on helping customers manage app sprawl, digital transformation initiatives, and solve integration challenges

How the...

In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, hosts Camberley Bates, Steve Dickens and Krista Macomber check out the impact of data and the actions in terms of sovereignty, management, security all in the scope of the AI craze. 

Key topics include:

The latest on data sovereignty, including where data resides and its ownership, particularly in the context of regulatory frameworks like the Digital Operational Resiliency Act (DORA) in Europe.

The meaning of Oracle's recent billion-dollar investment in Spain, and the importance of data center locations and the concentration risks. 

How has data ma...

In this episode of Enterprising Insights, host Keith Kirkpatrick discusses his predictions about enterprise SaaS applications and the market that he made back in late 2023, including generative AI, personalization, tech stack consolidation, market consolidation, industry-specific software, and consumption pricing. He will also address the underlying elements driving each trend and discuss which companies in the market are being impacted.

Finally, he will close out the show with the “Rant or Rave” segment, where Kirkpatrick picks one item in the market, and he will either champion or criticize it.

On this episode of DevOps Dialogues: Insights & Innovations, I am joined by Catchpoint’s Mehdi Daoudi, CEO and Brandon DeLap, Senior Solutions Engineer for a discussion on Catchpoint IPM, Internet traffic and application availability.

Our conversation covers:

What is Catchpoint and the impacts to Internet performance monitoring 

What is resilience and the ability to know that you're going to have a problem and that you can recover from that problem

Modernization of applications. Moving away from control the server, to control the code

In this episode of Enterprising Insights, host Keith Kirkpatrick covers industry news from the past week, including a briefing with Cloud Eagle, a new product announcement from NetSuite, and Adobe’s terms and conditions updated. He closes out the show with a Rant focused on the declining customer experience among American consumers, as tracked by Forrester Research.

In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, hosts Krista Macomber, Steven Dickens, and Camberley Bates discuss their busy week attending various tech conferences. We hear highlights from HPE Discover, emphasizing HPE's advancements in AI and their collaboration with Nvidia. An inside look at Pure Accelerate 2024, focusing on AI, cybersecurity, and application modernization. The episode concludes with reflections on the FinOps X conference and the growing importance of financial operations in the tech industry.

Key topics include:

HPE Discover showcased HPE's private cloud AI solutions and partnership with Nvidia.

Pure Accelerate highlighted AI, cybersecurity, and...

In this episode of The 5G Factor, our series that focuses on all things across the 5G ecosystem, we review key 5G ecosystem developments including recent deft moves by top-tier communications service providers (CSPs) such as BT Group and ServiceNow expanding their relation to vastly improve the CX and workforce experience, Vodafone Germany and FlyNex taking to the drone skies, and Altice using the Google Cloud Application Integration architecture to surmount legacy-borne complexity.

Our analytical review drilled down on:

BT Group ServiceNow Strengthen Relationship to Elevate CX. BT Group and ServiceNow expand their strategic relationship to...

On this episode of DevOps Dialogues: Insights & Innovations, host Paul Nashawaty is joined by Jack Poller of Paradigm Technica and Mitch Ashley, analyst and founder of Techstrong Research and Chief Technology Advisor at The Futurum Group, for a discussion on the SDLC and the impacts of security as it is integrated into the pipeline.

Their discussion covers:

How security is not just security

Security as a bolt-on afterthought

Impacts to DevSecOps as it relates to the software release cycles

In this episode of The 5G Factor, our series that focuses on all things across the 5G ecosystem, we review key 5G ecosystem developments including Microsoft’s dramatic scale back of Azure for Operators (AfO) unit, Nokia and Dell strengthening their alliance to help accelerate Cloud RAN deployments, and Ericsson spotlight on how private 5G (P5G) can play integral role in streamlining airport operations.

Our analytical review drilled down on:

Microsoft Conducts Azure for Operators Purge. Microsoft reportedly cut as many as 1,500 jobs at its Azure for Operators and Mission Engineering units, as the mo...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, host David Nicholson welcomes Steen Graham, Founder at Scalers AI and Jeremy Johnson, Technical Marketing Engineer at Dell Technologies for a conversation on the democratization of AI through an industrial AI Metaverse solution.

Their discussion covers:

Insights into the creation and deployment of industrial AI Metaverse solutions.

The collaborative efforts between Scalers AI and Dell Technologies in advancing AI technologies.

The impact of AI Metaverse solutions on industry and society.

Future trends and developments in AI democratization.

On this episode of Marketing Art and Science, Host and CMO Advisor Lisa Martin is joined by SingleStore CMO Madhukar Kumar. Tune into this 30 min discussion, as they explore the symbiotic value of a product-led growth (PLG) strategy on sales and marketing, the dynamic blend of creativity and analytics in marketing at SingleStore, and the influence of AI and emerging technologies on the customer experience.

Their discussion covers:

Madhukar Kumar's career journey, transitioning from a journalist to a developer to a tech CMO.

PLG strategies that tightly align sales and marketing and facilitate...

In this episode of Enterprising Insights, host Keith Kirkpatrick is joined by Robert Kramer, VP and Principal Analyst at Moor Insights & Strategy, to discuss using data to enable ROI from AI deployments. The pair discuss this topic through the lens of several events they attended in recent weeks, including SAP Sapphire, Zoholics, PegaWorld iNspire, and Databricks Summit. The two conclude the show, each contributing a Rave to the Rant and Rave segment.

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, host David Nicholson is joined by Mohan Rokkam, Marketing and Product Manager at Dell Technologies and Steen Graham, Founder at  Scalers AI's to discuss the democratization of AI in healthcare, focusing on CPU-based solutions.

Their discussion covers:

The current state and future of AI in healthcare

How Dell Technologies and Scalers AI are working towards democratizing AI

Real-world applications and impacts of CPU-based AI in the healthcare sector

Challenges and opportunities in the adoption of CPU-based AI technologies

Strategies f...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, host David Nicholson is joined by Dell Technologies' Mohan Rokkam and Scalers AI's Steen Graham for a conversation on how CPU-based AI technologies are revolutionizing the retail sector.

Their discussion covers:

The current landscape of AI in the retail industry

Benefits of CPU-based AI over other AI models

Real-world applications of CPU-based AI in retail

Challenges in implementing AI at scale in retail settings

Future prospects of AI democratization in the retail sector

On this episode of DevOps Dialogues: Insights & Innovations, I am joined by serverless product management team lead at Google, Steren Giannini, for a discussion on Google Cloud AI and the impacts on application modernization.

Our conversation covers:

The impact of Gen AI applications

Refactoring all applications to leverage AI models

Kubernetes to migrate to the Cloud, getting started with Cloud Run

These topics reflect ongoing discussions, challenges, and innovations within the DevOps community.

In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, hosts Camberley Bates, Steve Dickens and Krista Macomber give the rundown on conferences and announcements from Broadcom Mainframe Analysts event, NetApp’s Analyst event, Splunk and AWS reinforce conferences, plus announcements from Oracle. 

Key topics include: 

NetApp Analyst Event: NetApp hosted an event in New York, celebrating their recent success and introducing their new "intelligent data infrastructure" positioning covering their focus on unified storage, managing data across hybrid environments seamlessly advancements in AI and data management.

Broadcom Mainframe  Analyst Event: Broadcom demonstrated their continued investment and growth in ma...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, host David Nicholson welcomes Delmar Hernandez, Senior Principal Engineer at Dell Technologies and Steen Graham, Founder at Scalers AI for a conversation on the democratization of AI, focusing on the scalability and versatility of heterogeneous AI inferencing.

Their discussion covers:

The current trends and challenges in AI democratization and how companies are navigating these waters

How Dell Technologies and Scalers AI are advancing the field of AI inferencing with innovative solutions

The importance of scalable and heterogeneous AI systems in unlocking new opportunities...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, we are joined by Dell Technologies' Seamus Jones and Scalers AI's Steen Graham. Host, David Nicholson, Chief Research Officer at The Futurum Group, delves into a conversation on how these leaders are leveraging their expertise and organizational capabilities to democratize AI infrastructure.

Their discussion covers:

The current state and challenges of AI infrastructure

Strategies for making AI accessible to a broader audience

Innovative solutions from Dell Technologies and Scalers AI to support AI democratization

The impact of democratized AI on various...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, host David Nicholson welcomes Delmar Hernandez, Senior Principal Engineer at Dell Technologies and Steen Graham, Founder at Scalers AI for a conversation on the democratization and scaling out of generative AI platforms.

Our discussion covers:

The current state of generative AI technology and its accessibility

Strategies for scaling out generative AI platforms to support widespread adoption

Challenges and solutions in making AI tools more available to non-experts

Insights into future directions for AI democratization and its impact on various industries

In this episode of Enterprising Insights, host Keith Kirkpatrick discusses recent contact center product announcements, focusing specifically on news from Microsoft Dynamics 365 Contact Center and Cisco’s Webex Contact Center. He then concludes the show with the Rant or Rave segment, focusing on a contact center snafu.

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, host Shira Rubinoff is joined by JLL's Doug Shepherd, Senior Director Offensive Security, for a conversation on the key insights and takeaways from Tanium's Converge Conference.

Their discussion covers:

The evolving landscape of cybersecurity challenges faced by organizations today

Strategic insights into offensive security measures

Best practices for organizations to enhance their cybersecurity posture

The role of collaboration and knowledge sharing in advancing cybersecurity defenses

Future trends and predictions in cybersecurity

Learn more at JLL.

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, host Shira Rubinoff is joined by Tanium's Melissa Bishoping, Director, Endpoint Security Research for a conversation on the latest cybersecurity trends and insights from the Tanium Converge Conference.

Their discussion covers:

The evolving landscape of endpoint security and the challenges organizations face

Key takeaways from the Tanium Converge Conference, including emerging cybersecurity technologies

Strategies for enhancing organizational security posture in the wake of increasing cyber threats

The role of endpoint management in securing the remote workforce

Insights into future...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, host Shira Rubinoff is joined by Simpson Thacher & Bartlett's Chris Haley Head of Global Platform for a conversation on the key takeaways from Tanium's Converge Conference, and how cybersecurity practices are evolving within the legal sector.

Their discussion covers:

The main themes and insights from Tanium's Converge Conference

The role of cybersecurity in modern legal practices

Challenges and solutions for implementing robust cybersecurity measures in the legal sector

The evolution of legal sector's approach to data protection and privacy

...

In this episode of The 5G Factor, our series that focuses on all things across the 5G ecosystem, we review key 5G ecosystem developments including T-Mobile’s $4.4 billion acquisition of UScellular’s wireless operations, NVIDIA kicking P5G tires, AI-RAN Alliance considerations, and what Fortinet’s cybersecurity portfolio brings to wireless/mobility environments.

Our analytical review drilled down on:

T-Mobile Acquires UScellular Wireless Operations: Good News for Rural Users. T-Mobile will pay approximately $4.4 billion for the assets being acquired from UScellular in the transaction that combines cash and up to $2.0 billion in debt to be assume...

In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, hosts Steven Dickens, Camberley Bates and Krista Macomber discuss earnings performance from a variety of companies, as well as ongoing investments in sovereign clouds.

Key Points:

Coverage of earnings performance from:

Elastic

Lenovo

MongoDB

NetApp

Pure Storage

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure’s expansion into Morocco

On this episode of Marketing Art and Science, host Lisa Martin is joined by Trellix CMO, Ash Parikh. Tune into this 30 min discussion, as they explore the evolution of the buyer’s journey, how marketing leadership styles and strategies change based on the company’s growth status, the use of MarTech at Trellix, and uncover the intricate balance between art and science in driving revenue.

Their discussion covers:

Evolution of the CMO role and how technology has influenced the management style of modern CMOs

Marketing Management Styles: Examining Ash Parikh's approach to transforming and...

On this episode of The Main Scoop, we are joined by EY's Clare Aldegren, Global Head of Blockchain Sales and Operations for a conversation on the transformative potential of Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) in the banking sector. Hosted by Greg Lotko and Steven Dickens, this episode dives deep into the interplay between traditional banking systems, emerging technologies, and the digital transformation journey of the banking industry.

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, hosts Randy Kerns and Krista Macomber are joined by SIOS Technical Evangelist Dave Bermingham, for a conversation on the importance of high availability solutions for regulated industries such as financial services.

Their discussion covers:

The complexity and criticality of ensuring uptime for applications and data in regulated industries

Exploring high availability (HA) options for regulated industries, including financial services, with a focus on cost and performance considerations

An introduction to SIOS DataKeeper as a solution for high availability needs

On this episode of The Main Scoop, hosts Daniel Newman and Greg Lotko are joined by Broadcom's Lauren Valenti, Director, Mainframe Education, Vitality Residency Program, for a conversation on the allure of the mainframe for new technologists and the critical role of workforce resiliency.

Are Greg Lotko and Daniel Newman ready to give up their Main Scoop host positions? Well ... maybe not permanently. In this unique episode, Lauren Valenti takes over as host to discuss mainframe workforce development with two up-and-coming mainframers - Adia Sakura-Lemessy and Liam Glynn. Learn about their career goals, advice for other new...

On this episode of DevOps Dialogues: Insights & Innovations, I am joined by CTO Advisor and Signal65 Analyst, Alastair Cooke, for a discussion on the Intersection of DevOps, Platform Engineering, and SREs

Our conversations cover:

DevOps for Continuous Evolution

Platform Engineering Orchestrating Infrastructure for Innovation

Site Reliability Engineers Are Bridging the Gap

The Importance of Each Practice Area

These topics reflect ongoing discussions, challenges, and innovations within the DevOps community.

On this episode of the Infrastructure Matters, host Keith Townsend is joined by HPE's Bharath Ramesh, Global Head of AI Product for a conversation on exploring the complex landscape of artificial intelligence (AI) in the enterprise domain, with a focus on the challenges organizations face and the emergence of hybrid AI solutions as a viable approach.

Their discussion covers:

The current state of AI adoption in enterprises and the primary obstacles they encounter

The evolution and importance of hybrid AI solutions in addressing enterprise needs

Insights into how organizations can effectively...

In this episode of Enterprising Insights, host Keith Kirkpatrick discusses two conferences he attended during the week, Epicor Insights and Salesforce Connections. Kirkpatrick talks about the key news from each event, new product announcements, and provides his take on each event. He then closes out the show with the Rant or Rave segment, focusing on a particular galling CX experience that saw a failure with applications, training, and the ability to show empathy.

In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, Steven Dickens and Camberley Bates discuss their experiences at various industry events, including Dell, IBM, Nutanix, and Lenovo earnings announcements. They highlight major announcements and key trends, particularly focusing on AI and multicloud. Dell emphasized their AI Factory and PowerStore updates, while IBM focused on hybrid cloud and AI developments through watsonx and AWS partnerships. Nutanix's collaboration with Dell and Lenovo's strong non-PC revenue growth were also discussed.

Key Points:

Dell Event Highlights: Major focus on AI, with the introduction of the AI Factory and significant updates to PowerStore.<...

In this episode of The 5G Factor, our series that focuses on all things across the 5G ecosystem, we review recent adjustments by key players throughout the 5G ecosystem including Verizon Business’ debut in the neutral host network segment, Dell and Ericsson commercially debuting Ericsson Cloud RAN software on Dell PowerEdge servers to spur telco cloud journeys, and how Red Hat’s open source approach is making inroads across telco hybrid cloud and Open RAN environments.

Our analytical review drilled down on:

Verizon’s First Neutral Host Deal with Cummins. Verizon created a 5G ecosystem stir i...

On this episode of the Infrastructure Matters, host Steven Dickens is joined by AveriSource's Stephanie Walter, Head of Product for a conversation on how AveriSource is innovating in the realm of mainframe modernization.

Our discussion covers:

An overview of AveriSource as a new entrant in the mainframe modernization space

A deep dive into AveriSource's solution model and its unique approach

Innovations AveriSource is bringing to the user interface (UI) space

The role of AI in AveriSource's strategy and offerings

Key trends from clients regarding mainframe modernization and...

On this episode of Marketing Art and Science, I am joined by Infinidat’s CMO, Eric Herzog, for a lively conversation on marketing and business as a team sport, the symbiotic value of a strong sales-marketing relationship, and what Eric believes is the true art of marketing.

Our discussion covers:

An introduction to charismatic CMO Eric Herzog and how marketing is enabling Infinidat's mission to become the standard in enterprise storage

How Eric’s integrated marketing organization fits in to Infinidat’s corporate strategy

How the Infinidat customer journey progresses through its Ma...

In this episode of Enterprising Insights, host Keith Kirkpatrick discusses news from the world of enterprise applications, HR, and AI. He focuses on the growing use of no-code/low-code development platforms, the focus on enterprise skills development, the use of AI guardrails within a CRM, and discusses how AI can be used to optimize digital customer experiences. He then provides a Rave during his Rant or Rave segment, praising vendors’ increasing willingness to focus on time to value as a key messaging point, eschewing the endless focus on feature sets.

On this episode of the Infrastructure Matters, host Steven Dickens is joined by Rocket Software's Phil Buckellew, President of Infrastructure Modernization and Neil Fowler, Senior Vice President of Hybrid Cloud Engineering to discuss the recent acquisition of AMC (formerly part of Micro Focus) and the seamless transition of mainframe modernization to cloud environments. The conversation includes insights into the future of mainframe technologies and Rocket Software's strategic direction.

Our discussion covers:

The critical importance of mainframe modernization and the new capabilities Rocket Software gains from the AMC acquisition.

An overview of...

On this episode of Infrastructure Matters, host Steven Dickens is joined by Rocket Software's Milan Shetti, President and CEO, for a conversation on how Rocket Software's monumental acquisition of AMC is set to revolutionize the company's market stance by significantly enhancing its modernization suite and unlocking new avenues for cloud innovation.

Our discussion covers:

The strategic significance of acquiring AMC and its impact on Rocket Software’s position in the market.

The imperative of modernization in today's digital landscape and the necessity for companies to prioritize this transition.

The unique qualities th...

On this episode of DevOps Dialogues: Insights & Innovations, I am joined by VP and Practice Lead, Bob Sutor, for discussion of the impacts of quantum computing on AI, DevOps and AppDev.

Our conversation covered:

What quantum software development is, what people use as their SDK, the platform, rise of Rust with a Python wrapper and WASM

Quantum, AI and AppDev overlap and market space, including qualification

TEV, ROI and the economic models

Why this is important, and why prospects should care 

How this relates to the topics o...

In this episode of The 5G Factor, our series that focuses on all things 5G, the IoT, and the 5G ecosystem as a whole, we review new private 5G (P5G) ecosystem advances including Cisco’s collaboration with Augmentir, Nokia, and Logicalis to boost adoption of the Cisco Mobility Services Platform across enterprises, Tesla building its P5G network at its Berlin gigafactory, and Verizon completing the first phase of certifying Nokia’s DAC for the Verizon Business Private 5G Network portfolio.

Our analytical review spotlighted:

Cisco Private 5G Ecosystem Credentials Wax. At the recent Hanove...

In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, hosts Steve Dickens, Krista Macomber and Camberley Bates cover Solidigm RSA conference and Red Hat Summit conference themes.  

Key topic include:

Highlights from Solidigm Analyst Day for The Futurum Group 

Key themes from the  RSA conference in San Francisco including: 

Advancement in AI security posture management 

Proactive cybersecurity measures

CalypsoAI's work on identifying vulnerabilities in large language models and the use of AI in security analytics by companies like Elastic

Plus Krista’s thrilling ride in the Way...

In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, hosts Krista Macomber and Camberley Bates cover Commvault earnings, Dell’s data protection announcement, Microsoft’s Secure Feature initiative plus why Hitachi matters.

Key topics include: 

Commvault Earnings Discussion: Strong fiscal  and quarter performance, with a 10% year-over-year revenue increase and how their shift into cyber resiliency made the difference.

Dell's Innovations in Data Protection: Dell's Data Protection Group introduced improvements with its Data Domain system and PowerProtect offerings.  We cover the details and what is new.

Hitachi Vantara's Organizational Changes and New Offerings: With the GA of t...

In this episode of Enterprising Insights, The Futurum Group’s Enterprise Applications Research Director Keith Kirkpatrick discusses Tableau Conference 2024, recent earnings news from major enterprise application vendors. He then closes out the show with the Rant or Rave segment, where he picks one item in the market, and either champions or criticizes it.

In this episode of Enterprising Insights, The Futurum Group’s Enterprise Applications Research Director Keith Kirkpatrick discusses the Oracle Analyst Summit, a survey on the changing nature of service organizations from Salesforce, and brief commentary on the plethora of earnings announcements from SaaS vendors. He then closes out the show with the Rant or Rave segment, where he picks one item in the market, and either champions or criticizes it.

On this episode of Infrastructure Matters, host Steven Dickens is joined by PopUp Mainframe's Gary Thornhill, Founder and CEO for a conversation on enabling DevOps practices and facilitating mainframe modernization through innovative solutions.

Their discussion covers:

The inception and mission of PopUp Mainframe

Challenges and opportunities in mainframe modernization

How PopUp Mainframe integrates DevOps into traditional mainframe environments

Key benefits companies can achieve with PopUp Mainframe's solutions

Future trends in mainframe technology and DevOps

On this episode of Marketing Art and Science, I am joined by Delta Air Lines’ CMO Alicia Tillman for a conversation on how modern marketing is enabling Delta to revolutionize travel globally. Together, we explore the massive impact Delta’s MarTech stack is having on the business and dive into the emerging technologies Delta is deploying that are already profoundly influencing the personalized passenger experience. 

Our discussion covers: 

Alicia Tillman's role as CMO of Delta Air Lines and the company's recent recognition for innovation and customer experience at events like SXSW 2024.

A discussion on Del...

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, The Futurum Group’s Enterprise Applications Research Director Keith Kirkpatrick is joined by Gina Whitty, Product Management, CCaaS + AI at GoTo, about the challenges faced by SMBs and mid-market companies that are trying to undergo a digital transformation, and discusses the maturity journey involved with improving CX delivery via the use of generative AI, omnichannel engagement, and automation.

In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, hosts Steven Dickens and Camberley Bates cover the Rubrik IPO, Oracle’s positioning in the cloud market, plus IBM’s Storage announcements.

Key topics covered: 

Rubric IPO: Rubric, a data protection company, went public with a $5.6 billion valuation, emphasizing its scale-out data protection capability and its focus on cybersecurity.

IBM Earnings and Acquisition: IBM reported solid earnings, with notable growth in software and hybrid cloud, and announced the acquisition of HashiCorp for $35 a share, enhancing its open-source support model.

IBM Storage Announcements: IBM introduced Storage Assur...

In this episode of The 5G Factor, our series that focuses on all things 5G, the IoT, and the 5G ecosystem as a whole, we review the Q1 2024 earnings of T-Mobile, Verizon, and AT&T and their impact across the 5G ecosystem, BT’s partnership with Global to modernize its UK Portfolio Businesses, and Charter’s Q1 2024 earnings reflect making significant strides in residential mobile service revenue growth. 

Our analytical review spotlighted:

Big 3 US Mobile Operators Hit Guidance Home Runs: T-Mobile reported Q1 2024 results, raising full year guidance and delivering breakthrough customer growth, including a higher...

Ken Williams, National Senior Manager of Partner Solutions at T-Mobile for Business, joins Ron Westfall and Krista Macomber to discuss the rapidly evolving threat landscape and steps decision makers can take to protect their organizations. They delve into why 5G connected laptops are integral to meeting mounting cybersecurity threats, particularly as remote work is increasing, and how they can empower organization to connect securely from anywhere, especially through the backing of a nationwide 5G standalone network.

Their discussion covers:

The increase in cybersecurity threats and the potential risks, impacts, and costs...

In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, hosts Camberley Bates, Krista Macomber, and Steven Dickens discuss recent developments in IT infrastructure, with a focus on security, cloud computing, and data protection. They highlight the enduring impact of strategic partnerships and investments among major companies, underscoring the importance of cybersecurity and cloud solutions in today's IT landscape. They also discuss updates from the NAB Show in Las Vegas, discussions on the significance of sovereign clouds, and the potential ramifications of recent acquisitions in the tech space.

Key Points:

Cohesity recently completed its Series F funding round, supported...

On this episode of Marketing Art and Science, I am joined by Domino Data Lab CMO Thomas Been for a conversation on how Domino is enabling its customers to unleash the power of AI, how marketing is leveraging generative AI to facilitate the customer journey, and how its martech stack is influencing targeting, amplification, and engagement.

Our discussion covers:

How Domino Data Lab is enabling organizations to unleash the power of AI to transform leveraging marketing. 

About Domino’s MarTech stack and AI integration: The CMO’s recommendations on AI (e.g., build the b...

In this episode of The 5G Factor, our series that focuses on all things 5G, the IoT, and the 5G ecosystem as a whole, we look at the recent high impact telco cloud, multi-access edge computing (MEC), and APIs moves. The major cloud, edge, and API developments include the progress of Azure Private MEC in supporting manufacturer private 5G network implementations, VMware Telco Cloud Platform Release 4.0 using a horizontal infrastructure approach to ease VNF and CNF deployment and administration, VMware Telco Cloud Platform RAN assisting the optimization of disaggregated RAN functions and CNF management, as well as how the V...

In this episode of Enterprising Insights, The Futurum Group’s Enterprise Applications Research Director Keith Kirkpatrick discusses the news coming out of the Zendesk and Avaya Analyst Days, focusing on new product enhancements around AI, corporate strategy, and automation. He then closes out the show with the Rant or Rave segment, where he picks one item in the market, and either champions or criticizes it.

On this episode of DevOps Dialogues: Insights & Innovations, I am joined by Chronosphere’s CEO, Martin Mao, for discussion of the partnership with CrowdStrike and the recent acquisition of Calyptia.

Our discussion covers:

Chronosphere recently unveiled “Logs powered by CrowdStrike,” a comprehensive log storage and visualization solution, and how embedding CrowdStrike Falcon LogScale within Chronosphere’s cloud-native observability platform helps clients

Chronosphere’s recently acquisition of Calyptia, founded by the original creators of the Fluent Ecosystem

What’s next for Chronosphere, and the next sets of advancements in the observability and security spa...

In this episode of Enterprising Insights, The Futurum Group’s Enterprise Applications Research Director Keith Kirkpatrick discusses the news coming out of Google Cloud Next, focusing on new product enhancements around AI, Workspace, and security. He also discusses other enterprise application vendors that made significant announcements this week, and then closes out the show with the Rant or Rave segment, where he picks one item in the market, and either champions or criticizes it.

In this episode of The 5G Factor, our series that focuses on all things 5G, the IoT, and the 5G ecosystem as a whole, we review the major mobile ecosystem moves to make AI open, responsible, and transparent including Intel’s Enterprise AI proposition emphasizing open industry software for developer productivity, Qualcomm’s Responsible AI vision focus on privacy and security, and Nokia using Transparent AI across its audio portfolio development.

Our analytical review spotlighted:

Intel Enterprise AI Strategy Emphasizes Openness. At Intel Vision 2024 Intel sharpened its Enterprise AI proposition across critical sectors such as finan...

In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, hosts Steven Dickens and Krista Macomber cover event highlights from Google Cloud Next, The Mainframe Summit and Security Field Day. 

The discussion covers:

Highlights from Google Cloud Next including  Google's AI stack and how Google is accelerating execution to capitalize on the market opportunity.

Krista covered Tech Field Day’s  Security Field Day where presenting were Aryaka Networks, Zerto (now part of HPE), Palo Alto Networks, and Index Engines, 

Security Field Focus on data security, resilience from ransomware, and actionable insights for security teams.

Fro...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, host Daniel Newman welcomes Dell Technologies’ John Boyle, Director, Platform Strategy, and Amy Price, Senior Manager, Portfolio Evangelist to discuss Dell’s recent study and research report, done in partnership with The Futurum Group, on-device trust and hardware-assisted security.

Their discussion covers:

How security approaches and priorities have shifted since pre-pandemic times

What is driving a deepened focus on hardware security

Differentiations in Dell’s approach to security from other PC manufacturers today

The concept of “secure-by-design” from Dell’s...

On this episode of DevOps Dialogues: Insights & Innovations, I am joined by The Futurum Group’s Stephen Foskett and Keith Townsend, for a conversation on the impact of AI and Generative AI on DevOps, application modernization, and innovative development methodologies.

The discussion covers:

How the integration of AI, including Generative AI (GenAI), has impacted the efficiency and effectiveness of DevOps practices within modern software development lifecycles

Specific examples where AI technologies have enhanced or optimized DevOps processes such as continuous integration, continuous deployment, and automated testing

The challenges when implementing AI/Ge...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast - Interview Series, host Daniel Newman is joined by Hammerspace's David Flynn, Founder and CEO, for a conversation on the cutting edge of AI and storage technologies.

Our discussion covers:

The background of David Flynn's role and the revolutionary technology developed at Fusion-IO

The major challenges Enterprise organizations face with their Infrastructure as they embark on AI projects

Insights Enterprises can glean from Hyperscalers for their AI architectures

The significance of open source in the realm of AI

The...

In this episode of The Futurum Tech Webcast, Saso Ivanovski, CTO of Semos Cloud joins host Keith Kirkpatrick, Research Director, Enterprise Applications at The Futurum Group to discuss the technological advances in HR Tech and the evolution of employee experience. The pair also cover issues around HR tech integration, data security, and privacy, and unravel the significance of Culture Intelligence in shaping the future of HR landscapes.

In this episode of The 5G Factor, our series that focuses on all things 5G, the IoT, and the 5G ecosystem as a whole, we review indicators of improving 5G prospects in 2024 across key areas such as Samsung’s surging Q1 2024 financial results amid AI’s rising tide, growing worldwide 5G connections plus eSIM expansion, the FCC proposing revival of the $9 billion 5G Fund for Rural America, and T-Mobile’s creative new Blink Smart Home bundle package.  

Our analytical review spotlighted:

Samsung Surging: Indicating Bumper Q1 2024 Results. Samsung is reporting that its operating profit would reach abou...

In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, hosts Steven Dickens with Krista Macomber and Camberley Bates cover the a peak at the 60th birthday party for the Mainframe, Rubrik’s IPO and AI tech from AWS to memory and CXL technology.

Key moments from the conversation include:

The Mainframe turns sixty, and Steve and Camberley look back and forward on the amazing endurance plus the new adoption of the mainframe.

The Infrastructure Matters team lends a view into the recent Amazon's Just Walk Out technology, and what is evolving within AI and computer vision te...

In this episode of Enterprising Insights, The Futurum Group's Enterprise Applications Research Director Keith Kirkpatrick discusses the news coming out of NetSuite’s SuiteConnectNY event, focusing on new product enhancements around AI, and a new connector used to link multiple instances of the product. He also discusses several retail case studies, and then closes out the show with the Rant or Rave segment, where he picks one item in the market, and either champions or criticizes it.

On this episode of DevOps Dialogues: Insights & Innovations, I am joined by Plainsight’s CEO, Kit Merker, for discussion of the impacts of AI and Generative AI on application modernization, and innovative development methodologies for overall business goals.

Our conversation covers: 

How Plainsight's integration of visual AI and data science distinguish its approach in the competitive Computer Vision market

In what specific ways Plainsight addresses the challenges posed by the rapidly evolving landscape of Computer Vision technology

How Plainsight prioritize customers' end-to-end business processes to ensure the success of their Computer Vis...

The integrity of both the mainframe platform and the people within the ecosystem have kept the world's economy humming for 60 years. But don't just take it from our hosts Greg Lotko and Daniel Newman! This special anniversary episode spotlights the mainframe community, what they love about the platform, their favorite technological advancements, and why the mainframe is critical to our everyday lives.

In this episode of Enterprising Insights, The Futurum Group’s Enterprise Applications Research Director Keith Kirkpatrick is joined by Robert Kramer, vice president and principal analyst at Moor Insights & Strategy, to discuss the announcements from Adobe Summit. The pair discusses the news coming out of the show, the state of SaaS applications, data management and governance, and the challenges faced by Adobe and others with incorporating and managing AI. The pair then close out the show with the Rant or Rave segment, where they each champion and criticize something from the enterprise software and CX market.

In this episode of The 5G Factor, our series that focuses on all things 5G, the IoT, and the 5G ecosystem as a whole, we look at the recent key AI RAN and telco AI moves, especially alliance formations unveiled before and during Mobile World Congress 2024. The major AI RAN and Telco AI developments include the near-term and long-term ecosystem impact of the AI-RAN Alliance launch, HEAVY.AI’s progress in the key GenAI areas of accuracy and speed, the official debut of the Global Telco AI Alliance (GTAA), and the AI Alliance’s focus on responsible AI.

Ou...

On this episode of DevOps Dialogues: Insights & Innovations, I am joined by Kalyan Veeramachaneni, Co-founder and CEO of DataCebo to discuss access to synthetic data for generative AI models.

Our conversation also covered:

Beyond LLMs: Generative AI models for data locked up in the enterprise warehouses 

Synthetic data use cases that can bring productivity gains 

Scalable approach to adopting synthetic data within an enterprise

Synthetic data use cases that can alleviate data availability problems

These topics reflect ongoing discussions, challenges, and innovations within the DevOps community.

...

In this episode of The 5G Factor, our series that focuses on all things 5G, the IoT, and the 5G ecosystem as a whole, we review the early market inroads and impact that Telco GenAI is delivering. The major takeaways consist of BT Group using Amazon Q’s coding companion, Amazon Code Whisperer, to provide GenAI coding assistance to its software engineers, Amazon and Microsoft combining Amdocs amAIz platform and Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service to bring verticalized GenAI to telcos, and the debut of the Qualcomm Snapdragon X80 5G Modem-RF system that integrates a dedicated 5G AI Processor and 5G-A...

In this episode of Enterprising Insights, The Futurum Group’s Enterprise Applications Research Director Keith Kirkpatrick discusses several new generative AI-focused product announcements and enhancements focused on contact centers and service applications, including those from Five9, Salesforce, ServiceNow, and SAP Concur. He then closes out the show with the Rant or Rave segment, where he picks one item in the enterprise software market, and either champions or criticizes it.

On this episode of Infrastructure Matters, host Steven Dickens is joined by Anthony Anter, Technology Solutions Director and Tim Ceradsky, Director of Software Consulting for BMC Software. The discussion focuses on the strategic importance of weaving operational resilience into the fabric of the mainframe development lifecycle through the CI/CD pipeline.

Their discussion covers:

On this episode of Infrastructure Matters, host Camberley Bates is joined by NetApp's Eric Han and Shiva Subramanyam, for an insightful conversation on the new architecture and integration of NetApp's Astra and its implications in the world of Kubernetes for advanced data management.

Our discussion covers:

The origins and development of Astra by NetApp

How Astra is being used to advance data management with Kubernetes

The architecture of Astra, and its design for Kubernetes-native, including CRDs, least privilege access, and self-contained backups

Real-world customer use cases in the Kubernetes...

On this episode of DevOps Dialogues: Insights & Innovations, I am joined by The Futurum Group’s CEO, Daniel Newman for a conversation on exploring the intersection of DevOps, application modernization, and innovative development methodologies.

Our conversation covers:

Why The Futurum Group is investing in this new DevOps, Application Development and Modernization practice

The market trends that are sparking interest in this new practice area

What is top of mind for DevOps and how this practice can help

These topics reflect ongoing discussions, challenges, and innovations within the DevOps community.

In this episode of The 5G Factor, our series that focuses on all things 5G, the IoT, and the 5G ecosystem as a whole, we look at the top cloud and telco takeaways from conversations and sessions at Mobile World Congress 2024. The major takeaways consist of Red Hat and Tech Mahindra boosting their hybrid cloud collaboration, Red Hat and NTT working with Fujitsu and NVIDIA to ready IOWN environments for real-time edge AI data analytics, Indonesia’s Telkomsel selecting Google Cloud to integrate GenAI for augmenting its operations and product offerings, VMware focusing on assuring the DISH Wireless Open RAN...

On this episode of Infrastructure Matters, host Steven Dickens is joined by BMC's Chad Reiber, Solution Engineer, and Tim Ceradsky, Director of Software Consulting, for a conversation on how modern enterprises can ensure operational resilience in the hybrid cloud environment, especially when dealing with mainframe data.

Our discussion covers:

The concept of operational resilience in the context of mainframe data within a hybrid cloud environment.

The importance of immutable copies of mainframe data for ensuring operational resilience, and how they differ from traditional backup methods.

The key benefits of strategically placing...

 In this episode of Enterprising Insights, The Futurum Group’s Enterprise Applications Research Director Keith Kirkpatrick discusses the use of generative AI to improve efficiency within the flow of work in the healthcare space. He also provides examples from other industries, and discusses an interesting announcement about an application that can be used to track the spending of generative AI. He then closes out the show with the Rant or Rave segment, where he picks one item in the enterprise software market, and either champions or criticizes it.

In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, hosts Camberley Bates, Steven Dickens and Krista Macomber discuss the latest in Cybersecurity and AI with Microsoft Copilot for Security, as well as news from IBM, BMC and Liqid.

Insights from Microsoft Secure and the launch of Copilot for Security

BMC office visit and discussion on artificial intelligence

IBM’s updated FlashCore Module and Storage Defender offerings

Liqid’s new CEO and collaboration with GPU and CPU vendors

An Assessment of The Key MWC24 Takeaways in Open RAN Highlighted by Ericsson Cloud RAN, Nokia anyRAN, Energy Efficiency Moves, and Mavenir/Intel Innovations 

In this episode of The 5G Factor, our series that focuses on all things 5G, the IoT, and the 5G ecosystem as a whole, I look at the top Open RAN takeaways from my conversations and sessions at Mobile World Congress 2024. The major takeaways consist of Ericsson Cloud RAN portfolio advances, Nokia’s anyRAN market readiness including anyRAN for enterprise partnerships with Cisco, HPE, and Microsoft, as well as Mavenir’s latest collaboration with I...

In this episode of Infrastructure Matters – Insider Edition, host Steven Dickens is joined by Ed Airey, VP of Marketing at AveriSource for a conversation on how AveriSource is helping organizations gain more insights and knowledge about their applications, empowering them to be able to modernize. 

Key topics include:

An introduction from Ed Airey on his role at AveriSource

An overview of AveriSource and the AveriSource platform which consists of five main products: Scan, Inventory, Discover, Analyze, and Transform, to help with application understanding and modernization

The importance for organizations to understand the...

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, The Futurum Group's CEO and Chief Analyst, Daniel Newman, sits down with Michael Swan, VP of HPE Integration, and Jolanta Kisiel, Director of Global Accounts Segment Strategy at HPE Financial Services, to discuss how adopting a new mindset focused on IT asset lifecycle stages may be the key to accelerating success.

Their conversation covers:

Insights into the current pressures on IT organizations surrounding strategies in managing IT asset lifecycles

What makes HPE Financial Services unique, and their approach to the IT asset lifecycle 

H...

Join us as we examine the ongoing journey of innovation, through an insightful look at some iconic products and services, their impressive origins, and today’s rapid advancements. In this episode of The Main Scoop™ co-hosts Daniel Newman and Greg Lotko, along with special guest Paulo Carvao, discuss the evolution of modern technologies, keeping pace with customer needs, and the importance of critical thinking to guide the ethical use of data.

In this episode of Enterprising Insights, The Futurum Group’s Enterprise Applications Research Director Keith Kirkpatrick discusses the opportunities for SaaS vendors in the mid-market space, delving into key market trends, differences between the enterprise, SMB, and mid-market, and opportunities for vendors seeking to participate in this market. Then, Kirkpatrick will close the show with the Rant or Rave segment.

In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, hosts Camberley Bates, Steven Dickens and Krista Macomber share their Mainframe perspectives, along with insights on the latest announcements from NetApp and SK Hynix.

Key topics include:

A look at the recent SHARE event in Orlando, Florida and what’s new in the Mainframe space

Broadcom’s announcement around their Watchtower capability

The latest announcements from NetApp, including their autonomous ransomware protection (ARP) feature and how AI and ML are driving attack detection capabilities

SK Hynix’s $1B memory investment

Nutanix’s announ...

In this episode of The 5G Factor, our series that focuses on all things 5G, the IoT, and the 5G ecosystem as a whole, I’m joined by my colleague and fellow analyst, Olivier Blanchard, for a look at the top 5G semiconductor and device takeaways from our conversations and sessions at Mobile World Congress 2024. The major takeaways we had included Micron’s UFS and memory portfolio innovations with the Samsung Galaxy S24 series showcasing new GenAI capabilities, Lenovo’s Integrated Edge AI Solution for Telco collaborations with Telefonica and Orange, Lenovo’s new ThinkPad and ThinkBook devices including transpare...

In this episode of Enterprising Insights, The Futurum Group’s Enterprise Applications Research Director Keith Kirkpatrick speaks with Kathryn Murphy, Senior VP Product & Design at Twilio, who will discuss customer experience, and in particular, the importance of personalization. The two will also cover the state of artificial intelligence, and how it can best be leveraged not just for personalization, but for smoothing out the customer journey and, in some cases, the employee journey as well.

In this episode of Enterprising Insights, The Futurum Group’s Enterprise Applications Research Director Keith Kirkpatrick discusses the benefits and challenges of using text-to-image tools powered by generative AI in an enterprise setting. He delves into the various tools that are available, the need for strong guardrails to protect against misuse, toxicity, and bias, and the challenge of making sure that models and guardrails reflect the real world. Kirkpatrick will also highlight a few notable news items from the enterprise application space, and, as always, will close the show with the Rant or Rave segment.  

In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, hosts Camberley Bates, Steven Dickens and Krista Macomber review the news coming out of Mobile World Congress, Cohesity Gaia and trending from recent earnings releases. 

Key topics include:

A review of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona covering teleco and broad technology trends such as 5G, edge computing, and private 5G networking.

Industry leaders such as HPE and Lenovo and a shift towards open-source processes in the network core, with vendors providing server infrastructure and software stacks for edge and private network deployments.

What is h...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, The Futurum Group’s Craig Durr talks with Brad Hintze, EVP of Marketing at Crestron, about the evolution of workplace collaboration, focusing on the integration of multi-camera solutions in high-impact rooms to enhance communication and remote participation.

Their discussion covers:

The shift from 'hybrid work' to what is now considered 'modern work' and its encompassing definition that spans enterprises, education, and government institutions.

The critical importance of audio and video quality in meetings, where 80% include a virtual participant, highlighting the need for technology that facilitates cl...

In this episode of Enterprising Insights, The Futurum Group’s Enterprise Applications Research Director, Keith Kirkpatrick, discusses how enterprise software can be leveraged to balance product demand against CX, using the current challenges in the airline space around carry-on baggage. He delves into the challenge of balancing a wide range of customer preferences and behaviors around a single product or service, and discusses how CX software and systems can be used to address these challenges while improving the CX for customers and maintaining revenue streams. He then closes the show with the “Rant or Rave” segment.

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, I am joined by Juniper Networks’ CEO, Rami Rahim, for a conversation on the transformative power of AI-native networking and how Juniper is leading the charge in making every connection count.

Our discussion covers:

The current state of Juniper Networks amidst its evolution and the expansion into AI-native networking.

Insights into Juniper’s strategic direction, focusing on leveraging AI for networking and networking for AI.

The impact of AI-native networking on customer experience and operational efficiency, with real-world success stories.

A deep...

In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, Camberley Bates, Steven Dickens, and Krista Macomber discuss recent developments in the tech industry, including Palo Alto's earnings revision, IBM's security report, Lenovo's earnings, and Hammerspace's new Hyperscale NAS release. They delve into the implications of these developments for cybersecurity, infrastructure, and AI.

Key points discussed include:

Palo Alto Networks lowers earnings expectations, causing a stir in tech and financial markets. Stock value increased due to cybersecurity focus. Shifting towards a platform approach may lead to short-term pricing sacrifices but is a wise long-term move.

The X-Force...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, I am joined by Juniper Networks’ CEO, Rami Rahim, for a conversation on the transformative power of AI-native networking and how Juniper is leading the charge in making every connection count.

Our discussion covers:

The current state of Juniper Networks amidst its evolution and the expansion into AI-native networking.

Insights into Juniper’s strategic direction, focusing on leveraging AI for networking and networking for AI.

The impact of AI-native networking on customer experience and operational efficiency, with real-world success stories.

A deep...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, The Futurum Group’s Craig Durr talks with Joel Murray, Logitech's expert on advanced video conferencing solutions. They delve into the intricacies of Logitech's Rally portfolio, exploring how it addresses the pressing challenges IT departments face in managing complex conference room environments and maintaining high uptime.

Their discussion covers:

Taking a strategic approach to achieving scalability and affordability in video conferencing solutions.

The importance of user experience in technology adoption and the intelligent software solutions provided by Logitech.

Logitech's commitment to sustainability and th...

In this episode of Enterprising Insights, The Futurum Group’s Enterprise Applications Research Director Keith Kirkpatrick will provide a preview of his Market Insight Report around field service applications, the mobile and frontline-service based applications used to further drive efficiency and better CX through both B2B and B2C customer interactions. Kirkpatrick will then close out the show with the “Rant or Rave” segment, where he picks one item in the market, and champions or criticizes it.

In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, host Krista Macomber, alongside her co-hosts Camberley Bates and Steve Dickens review Broadcom’s Analyst Event with the CEO of Broadcom Hock Tan and the VMware executive team. The crew reviewed the implications for Broadcom’s strategy and their expected R&D investments. Camberley discussed the latest in Dell’s Partner Program for fiscal year 2025 and where their APEX services are headed with the partners. Plus the Teradata progress with Vantage and implications of their earnings report.

Key points discussed include:

Coverage on Broadcom’s hosted a virtual analyst meeting...

An Assessment of Key 5G-IoT Alliance Developments Including Dell Nokia P5G Use Case Focus, Intel Enlisting P5G Partners, and Vonage AWS Network API Push 

In this episode of The 5G Factor, our series that focuses on all things 5G, the IoT, and the ecosystem as a whole, we look at the major 5G ecosystem moves and what’s going on that caught my eye in the lead up to Mobile World Congress 2024. Key alliance developments include Dell and Nokia teaming up to advance private 5G network use cases and network cloud transformation, Intel enlisting an arra...

On this episode of The AI Moment, we discuss an emerging generative AI trend – the launch of Google Gemini Advanced, Google’s counter to Microsoft Copilot.

First Microsoft’s Copilot, now Google Gemini Advanced. In the span of just a few months, sophisticated generative AI assistants have been made available to the mass market, and there are more to come. In the big picture, there are different drivers for each of the tech giants. 

An Assessment of Key 5G-IoT Developments Including On-Device AI Progress, Voice and Gesture Innovations, and Foldable Screens Unfolding Across the Ecosystem

In this episode of The 5G Factor, our series that focuses on all things 5G, the IoT, and the 5G ecosystem as a whole, I’m joined by my colleague and fellow analyst, Olivier Blanchard, for a look at the top unfolding 5G innovations that caught our eye in the lead up to Mobile World Congress 2024. Key unfolding innovations that we addressed included why 2024 is poised as the year that on-device AI will begin to reset exp...

In this episode of Enterprising Insights, The Futurum Group’s Enterprise Applications Research Director Keith Kirkpatrick provides a recap of key takeaways from Zoho Day 2024, the SaaS company’s annual analyst meeting. He then closes out the show with the “Rant or Rave” segment, where Kirkpatrick picks one item in the market, and champions or criticizes it.

In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, hosts Camberley Bates and Krista Macomber discuss Cohesity, Veritas and more on changes in the cybersecurity market.

Their discussion covers:

Cohesity’s planned acquisition of Veritas NetBackup, NetBackup appliances and Alta Software-as-a-Service Top of Form

Updates on Cybersecurity Policy, including insights from Krista’s participation in a MarketScale Experts Talk

Cisco’s and Hitachi’s relationship

Infleqtion’s quantum computing

With a little imagination, the possibilities for monetizing data are endless. In this episode of The Main Scoop™, hosts Greg Lotko and Daniel Newman are joined by Doug Laney, fellow at West Monroe and author of the best-selling books Infonomics and Data Juice, to explore unique strategies for - and real examples of - collateralizing data assets.

It was a great conversation and one you don’t want to miss. Like what you’ve heard? Check out all our past episodes here, and be sure to subscribe so you never miss an episode of The Main Scoop™ series.<

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, I am joined by Dell’s Delmar Hernandez, Technical Marketing Team for PowerEdge Server, and Steen Graham from Scalers AI for a conversation on the evolving landscape of Generative AI and its practical applications for businesses.

Our discussion covers:

The explosion of AI in business discussions and its implications

How businesses can utilize existing resources for AI projects to create value

The partnership between Dell, Broadcom, and Scalers AI in showcasing an efficient generative AI model

Insights into leveraging Dell's hardware an...

On this episode of The AI Moment, we discuss an emerging generative AI trend – AI Observability and Policy Management.

Organizations want to develop in-house generative AI capabilities making centralized generative AI command and control products very desirable. Cisco Outshift drops a comprehensive, product-agnostic solution in Motific. What will the impact of Motific and other similar products for AI observability and policy management be?

In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, host Steven Dickens, alongside esteemed guests Stephen Foskett and Keith Townsend and co-host Camberley Bates, navigates the evolving landscape of IT infrastructure, focusing on innovation and challenges in the field. Recorded during Cloud Field Day, this dialogue sheds light on emerging technologies and the dynamics of industry collaboration. The conversation delves into the specifics of three companies - SoftIron, NeuroBlade, and Platform9 - highlighting their unique contributions to the IT infrastructure domain.

Key points discussed include:

SoftIron's innovative approach to hyper-converged infrastructure, emphasizing its scalability and security. The company's...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, host Daniel Newman welcomes Doug Merritt, Chairman, CEO and President at Aviatrix for a conversation on secure cloud networking, what the market for it is looking like, and the impacts of AI.

Their discussion covers:

An overview of the convergence of cloud networking 

Overall market growth for cloud networking

What role AI is playing in cloud networking 

The importance of security in cloud networking

In this episode of Enterprising Insights, The Futurum Group’s Enterprise Applications Research Director Keith Kirkpatrick explores the recent developments in the enterprise application space, focusing on recent earnings announcements, and their impact on the market. He’ll also delve into the issue of enterprise application usability, and then close out the show with the “Rant or Rave” segment, where Kirkpatrick picks one item in the market, and champions or criticizes it.

On this special episode, host Daniel Newman speaks with cybersecurity expert, awarded thought leader, and newest member of The Futurum Group team, Shira Rubinoff. They discuss The Futurum Group’s newly launched cyber practice, Cybersphere, which will integrate Shira’s multi-million dollar assets including podcasts, speakerships, advisory and literature.

They also cover:

The current state of the cybersecurity industry and why cybersecurity is more important now than ever before

What customers can expect from Cybersphere including market intelligence, advisory, lab testing, and more

Events that are on the horizon for Shira and...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, host Daniel Newman welcomes Nakul Duggal, Group General Manager, Automotive, Industrial and Cloud for Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. They discuss Qualcomm’s automotive announcements that were made at CES 2024.

Their discussion also covers:

An overview of Qualcomm’s automotive business at CES

The technology drivers that are creating momentum for Qualcomm’s growth in the automotive sector

How GenAI is finding its way into the digital cockpit

An Assessment of Key 5G-IoT Developments Including GSMA IBM Telco AI Collaboration, Juniper’s AI-Native Networking Platform, and Nokia AVA Energy Efficiency.

In this episode of The 5G Factor, our series that focuses on all things 5G, the IoT, and the 5G ecosystem as a whole, I look at the top 5G innovations and what’s going on that caught my eye in the lead up to MWC24. Key AI and GenAI developments that stand out include the GSMA and IBM collaborating to advance AI skills and adoption using IBM’s watsonx platform and training programs, Juniper launch...

On this episode of The AI Moment, we discuss a generative AI case study– Amazon Pharmacy.

Gen AI has overrun the planet in concept, but the fact is the practical use of generative AI is nascent. Amazon’s Pharmacy case study is an important one that reveals lessons enterprises should learn and a blueprint they should follow in their journeys to unlocking the value of generative AI.

On this episode of Futurum Live! From ISE 2024, The Futurum Group’s Craig Durr talks with Mark Ewing, Product Management Director at Google Workspace, focusing on the innovative strides Google is making with Duet AI and Meet Hardware to revolutionize video conferencing and collaboration solutions.

Their discussion covers:

The transformative impact of Duet AI on meeting experiences, streamlining note-taking, and breaking down language barriers.

The integration of AI in conference rooms through Meet Hardware, ensuring inclusivity and effectiveness regardless of the meeting location.

The introduction of dynamic layouts and tiles in Go...

On this episode of Futurum Live! From ISE 2024, The Futurum Group’s Craig Durr talks with Brit Frandsen, Director Portfolio Management at EPOS, about the transformative impact of high-quality audio solutions in modern hybrid work environments. They delve into EPOS's latest BrainAdapt technology and introduce the recently announced IMPACT 700 and 800 series headsets designed to enhance cognitive function and workplace productivity.

Their discussion covers:

On this episode of Futurum Live! From ISE 2024, The Futurum Group’s Craig Durr talks with Olly Henderson, Head of Portfolio and Commercialization at Jabra, about the launch of Jabra+ for next-generation meeting room and video device management, trends in hybrid working, and the introduction of AI-powered features in Jabra’s PanaCast video solutions to enhance productivity and collaboration in the workplace.

Their discussion covers:

The unveiling of Jabra+, a unified platform that simplifies the management of Jabra’s PanaCast video solutions and caters to the needs of IT administrators by providing a secure, intuitive, and co...

On this episode of Futurum Live! From ISE 2024, The Futurum Group’s Craig Durr talks with Jose Rivas, Vice President of Global Sales at Shure Incorporated, about Shure's commitment to innovation and customer-centric solutions in the AV industry. They discuss Shure's new Global Sales Structure, groundbreaking product launches including the MXW neXt 2 and MXA901, and the company's forward-thinking approach towards integrating AI into their product line to meet the evolving needs of the market.

Their discussion covers:

The transformative impact of Shure's new Global Sales Structure in enhancing customer connectivity.

Introduction and features of...

In this episode of Enterprising Insights, Futurum Group Enterprise Applications Research Director Keith Kirkpatrick explores Cisco’s 2024 Data Privacy Survey, and focuses on the divergent perspectives on data privacy between organizational privacy respondents and consumers. He specifically focuses on the elements that engender trust around consumer data, the steps taken by organizations regarding their use of AI, areas of concern around generative AI, and the controls that are being put into place around generative AI.

Finally, he will close out the show with the “Rant or Rave” segment, where Kirkpatrick picks one item in the market, and champi...

On this episode of the Experience Unveiled I am joined by Beekeeper CEO Cristian Grossmann to discuss how to best support frontline workers as well as some new frontline-focused research recently published by Beekeeper. 

Our discussion covers:

An overview of Beekeeper and how it fits into the employee experience technology ecosystem

The idea of disconnection with frontline workers and the ramifications this can have. We also chat about the perception disconnect between workers and managers

What is causing stress for frontline workers and their managers

The solutions and strategies t...

In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, hosts Camberley Bates, Steven Dickens and Krista Macomber are joined by Paul Nashawaty, Practice Leader, to discuss cybersecurity research, IBM earnings and the recent acquisition of VMware by Broadcom.

The conversation covers:

Recent research fielded by The Futurum Group, in collaboration with Commvault, showed increasing collaboration between IT and Security teams, as well as the growing issue of data and data protection fragmentation

IBM financial earnings 

VMware’s acquisition by Broadcom

An Assessment of Key 5G-IoT Innovation Developments Including DTaaS’ Growing Readiness, Multi-G Progress, and Wind River’s Role in NTT DOCOMO vRAN Launch.

In this episode of The 5G Factor, our series that focuses on all things 5G, the IoT, and the ecosystem as a whole, I look at the top 5G innovations and what’s going on that caught my eye in the lead up to MWC24. Key innovation developments include DTaaS making strides in China that indicate readiness for 5G deployments on a global scale, the Multi-G initiative’s major industry support from key 5G value cha...

On this episode of The AI Moment, we discuss two emerging Gen AI trends: Microsoft Copilot’s AI revenue potential and LLM research. We also celebrate our latest Adults In the Generative AI Rumpus Room. 

The discussion covers:

With the most used enterprise software and operating system in the world, Microsoft placed a significant bet on AI with the introduction of Copilot to enterprise users in September 2023. Now Microsoft has unleashed Copilot, making it available to nearly every 365 user. What will the impact be? Is Microsoft poised to generate material revenues from AI in 2024? 

L...

In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, hosts Krista Macomber, Steven Dickens and Camberley Bates cover the latest from the NRF 2024 in NYC, perspectives from the MountainWest CyberSecurity Taskforce plus announcements from Hitachi Vantara, Hammerspace and Seagate.  

Their conversation covers:

The trends from the last 9 months in CyberSecurity, how  the bad actors are approaching multifactor authentication and new phishing attacks 

Insights from the Mountain West Cybersecurity Task Force 

A review of the National Retail Federation's Big Show and highlighting the use of AI and technology in the retail sector, including edge computing and A...

In this episode of Enterprising Insights, The Futurum Group’s Enterprise Applications Research Director, Keith Kirkpatrick, provides a wrap of the National Retail Federation’s 2024 Retail Big Show. Kirkpatrick discusses the key trends, notable vendors and announcements, and the key challenges ahead for both retailers and vendors in 2024.

Finally, he will close out the show with the “Rant or Rave” segment, where Kirkpatrick picks one item in the market, and champions or criticizes it.

An Assessment of Key 5G-IoT Ecosystem Developments Including 5G Sustainability Market Shapers, Top Sustainability Suppliers, and Vodafone Microsoft GenAI Alliance

In this episode of The 5G Factor, our series that focuses on all things 5G, the IoT, and the ecosystem as a whole, I’m joined by my colleague and fellow analyst, Todd R Weiss, for a look at the top 5G developments and what’s going on that caught our eye including a review of the top market shapers in the 5G sustainability realm, why we see Ciena, Cisco, Ericsson, Juniper, and Nokia offer the mobile netwo...

On this episode of The AI Moment, we discuss an emerging Gen AI trend: Lawsuits and Probes, How OpenAI & Microsoft Are Impacting the Trajectory of AI

The discussion covers:

OpenAI and Microsoft seem to be at the center of discussions about AI monopolies and copyright fights. Last week the EU said they are considering opening an investigation into whether OpenAI and Microsoft’s partnership agreement is a potential monopoly. Separately, The New York Times sued the pair claiming copyright infringement when ChatGPT was trained on NYT content. I’ll discuss why I think the EU i...

On this episode of the Tech and Trends Podcast, host Daniel Newman welcomes Alexandre Audoin, EVP, Head of Automotive from Capgemini at CES 2024 for a conversation on the tech trends in the automotive industry, focusing on autonomous driving and new customer experiences (CX).

Their discussion covers:

A brief introduction from Alexandre Audoin, his thoughts on the automotive industry, and a few tech trends he noticed at CES

An overview of autonomous driving and where does AI come into play

What automotive OEMs are focusing on to provide a better customer experience

On this episode of The View from Davos, The Futurum Group’s Daniel Newman is joined by IBM’s Chairman and CEO, Arvind Krisha, for a conversation on how the topic of ethical AI is being discussed at Davos, the role of the government with AI, and the future of automation.

In this episode Infrastructure Matters, hosts Steven Dickens, Camberley Bates and Krista Macomber cover Google's egress fee drop as a potential trendsetter for other cloud providers, making repatriation and hybrid workloads more attractive. Additionally, they provide their key predictions for 2024, including:

Repatriation: Increased focus on workload placement based on cost and security, with egress fees playing a smaller role.

Cybersecurity: Remains a top priority, with AI playing a bigger role in detection and response.

AI adoption: Increased use of AI in data protection and security, particularly for training and automated responses.

Mergers...

In this episode of The 5G Factor, our series that focuses on all things 5G, the IoT, and the ecosystem as a whole, I’m joined by my colleague and fellow analyst, Olivier Blanchard, for a look at the top 5G developments and what’s going on that caught our eye at CES 2024 such as Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Digital Chassis innovations and Stellantis, Blackberry, and AWS collaboration focused on advancing virtual cockpit development. 

Our conversation spotlighted:

Qualcomm Snapdragon Digital Chassis Innovations. Qualcomm spotlighted the company’s ecosystem-wide momentum and vital position as a key partner of the auto...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, host Daniel Newman welcomes Peter van der Putten, Lead Scientist & Director of Pega’s AI Lab at Pegasystems for a conversation on AI in 2024, including insights on ethics, governance and the hype around generative AI. 

Their discussion covers:

The concept of right-brain AI versus left-brain AI and what that means in terms of strategy and use cases

The balance between the two that businesses need to achieve success

Top AI trends that Peter thinks we’ll see more of in 2024...

In this episode of Enterprising Insights, The Futurum Group’s Enterprise Applications Research Director Keith Kirkpatrick discusses the upcoming year in enterprise-focused SaaS applications, focusing on six trends that he expects will come to fruition in 2024. He also addresses the underlying elements that are driving each trend, and discusses which companies in the market may be impacted.

Finally, he closes out the show with the “Rant or Rave” segment, where Kirkpatrick picks one item in the market, and will either champion or criticize it.

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, host Daniel Newman welcomes Christophe Van de Weyer, CEO at Telesign for a conversation on the future of digital identity, trust, and AI. 

Their discussion covers:

Recent findings from The Telesign Trust Index, which surveys American consumers about expectations around digital trust

Recommendations on what enterprises can do in light of the survey’s results

Telesign’s position on authentication approaches that go beyond SMS, and how Telesign is supporting more authentication channels, including passwordless solutions

What Telesign sees as the...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, host Daniel Newman welcomes Rich Waldron, CEO and Co-Founder of Tray.io for a conversation on the company’s mission to deliver the intelligent autonomous enterprise, enabling organizations to composedly, collaboratively, and continuously transform every business process using AI to achieve breakthrough agility and unlock hyper efficient growth.

Their discussion covers:

An inside look at Tray.io’s mission and the challenges that enterprises face when deploying new technologies and integrating them into their current and legacy systems that they depend on every day to run th...

On this episode of The AI Moment, we discuss an emerging Gen AI trend: Watermarking & other strategies for licensing AI training data & combating malicious AI generated content.

As we move into year two of Generative AI, some themes have emerged in terms of the downsides to the technology. 

Two of the biggest downsides have been:

Combating malicious or misleading AI-generated content, and 

Copyright/IP rights for both non AI generated and AI generated content 

Initiatives by Google, Fox-Polygon, the Content Authenticity Initiative and academic researchers focused primarily on digital wat...

An Assessment of Key 5G-IoT Ecosystem Developments with a Focus on the HPE $14 Billion Acquisition of Juniper and Its Ecosystem-wide Impact

In this episode of The 5G Factor, our series that focuses on all things 5G, the IoT, and the ecosystem as a whole, The Futurum Group's Ron Westfall is joined by colleague and fellow analyst, Steven Dickens, for a look at the top 5G developments and what’s going on that caught our eye with a laser focus on HPE’s game changing $14 billion acquisition of Juniper and why it represents an important inflection point in the...

In this episode of the Infrastructure Matters, host Camberley Bates is joined by Randy Kerns for a look back at 50 years in the data infrastructure business. Randy Kerns started in this industry 50+ years ago and spent time developing systems at IBM, StorageTek, Tandem, Fujitsu, Sun Microsystems and at ProStor. He has mentored many engineers and analysts, plus helped marketing and sales muddle through messaging and positioning, helping to launch and position successful companies. We walk through what 50 years of changes have looked like, where we are going and hear some advice for the information architects of today. 

To...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, host Daniel Newman welcomes Tom Godden, Director, AWS Enterprise Strategy for a conversation on the notion that cloud infrastructure is a commodity, the key considerations decision makers should have when choosing a cloud provider for their application, and how AWS has differentiated their capabilities and offerings for the unique needs of their customers. 

Their discussion covers:

What is currently top of mind for AWS’s customers regarding the applications that support their businesses

Why your cloud infrastructure choices matter and how AWS’s investm...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, host Daniel Newman welcomes Randy Herold, Chief Information Security Officer & Chief Privacy Officer, ManpowerGroup for a conversation on unifying security and observability and how ManpowerGroup is approaching cyber resilience with Splunk. 

Their discussion covers:

ManpowerGroup’s story as a people-driven staffing company that puts over 600,000 associates to work each day

Why cyber resilience is important, what being resilient means for ManpowerGroup

ManpowerGroup’s journey with Splunk in unifying IT/DevOps teams and Security teams

What’s next on the ho...

An Assessment of Key 5G-IoT Ecosystem Developments including Open RAN Prospects, Smartphone’s New Lead Role in Mobile Shopping, and 6CA Progress

In this episode of The 5G Factor, our series that focuses on all things 5G, the IoT, and the ecosystem as a whole, The Futurum Group's Ron Westfall is joined by colleague and fellow analyst, Todd R. Weiss, for a look at the top 5G developments and what’s going on that caught their eye including the 2023 Open RAN winners and delve into 2024 prospects including Vodafone and DT’s plans, Adobe Analytics declaring smartphones the new ch...

On this episode of The AI Moment, we discuss my picks for 2023 AI Product of the Year, AI Company of the Year

2023 AI Product of the Year, AI Company of the Year: In this time of AI disruption, who has shined? In my view, it was those which are building and delivering pragmatic, enterprise-grade solutions. Those who have been invested in and have understood AI for some time. Those who have clear visions and goals for end results. They are AI innovators. With that in mind I developed a list of companies and products that I felt  w...

In this episode of The Main Scoop™, hosts Greg Lotko and Daniel Newman discuss the importance of observability and generative AI strategies in operations with Cory Minton, Field CTO - Americas at Splunk.

It was a great conversation and one you don’t want to miss. Like what you’ve heard? Check out all our past episodes here, and be sure to subscribe so you never miss an episode of The Main Scoop™ series.

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, host Steven Dickens speaks with IBM’s Ryan Yackel, GTM PM and Growth Leader, IBM Databand, about the evolving landscape of data management and AI. They discuss the recent acquisition of Databand by IBM, highlighting Databand's role in data observability within the modern data stack. Yackel explains how data observability is becoming increasingly important due to the challenges faced by data engineering teams and the proliferation of diverse tool stacks. He also delves into how data observability complements data governance, emphasizing its role in improving detection, resolution times, and data SLAs.

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast - Interview Series, I am joined by Rubrik’s Anneka Gupta, Chief Product Officer for a conversation on the need for organizations to establish cyber resilience and the role of AI in cyber resiliency.

Our discussion covers:

The need for organizations to establish cyber resilience and how Rubrik defines cyber resilience and the role AI plays in cyber resilience 

Key data points around data growth and security from the most recent Rubrik Zero Labs “State of Data Security” report, and how AI has contributed to the rap...

On this episode of The AI Moment, we discuss the Best of the Generative AI Rumpus Room in 2023 – the top adult initiatives, trends and companies for the year. 

Generative AI has spawned incredible innovation and along with it a mutating market ecosystem. It has also caused a copious amount of FOMO, missteps, and false starts. It is a rumpus room with a lot of “kids” going wild. The rumpus room needs adults. Guidance through the generative AI minefield will come from thoughtful organizations who do not panic, who understand the fundamentals of AI, and who manage risk. These o...

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, Ahgora’s Thiago Quadros, CTO, and Angelo Frigeri, Data Team Lead, join host Keith Kirkpatrick Research Director, Enterprise Applications at The Futurum Group, to discuss the benefits of applying analytics and AI to human resources data, the potential impact of AI on work and workers, and the need for transparency around how AI is used to guide decision making around HR and people management.

Learn more about Ahgora on the company’s website.

In this episode of Enterprising Insights, The Futurum Group Enterprise Applications Research Director Keith Kirkpatrick is joined by Craig Durr, Research Director, Collaboration, and Sherril Hanson, Senior Analyst, CX, both with The Futurum Group. The trio will discuss the key developments in the market over the past year, covering SaaS, customer experience, and collaboration technologies, and discuss how the three areas continue to converge. They will also discuss the key underlying technologies in use, pricing models, and provide their assessment of key market trends.

Finally, the group will close out the show with the “Rant or Rave” segm...

In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, hosts Camberley Bates, Steven Dickens and Krista Macomber summarize the key trends going into 2024 and what is top of mind for the CIOs.

We highlight two critical CIO imperatives, staffing and security, what investments are being made and their importance in light of new technologies, such as AI. 

We cover the challenges facing staffing, especially in light of AI engineering and Platform Engineering plus the continued support of hybrid IT environments.

Security will continue to be a major concern, and expect continued investment in observability a...

On this episode of The AI Moment, we will discuss the latest developments in enterprise AI, & the top 7 AI trends for 2024.

After the year AI had in 2023, what could possibly be next? I will give you a hint, AI won’t slow down much in 2024. There are seven key trends I think will impact the adoption of AI in 2024. I walk through what those trends are and why they are so important.

In this episode of The 5G Factor, our series that focuses on all things 5G, the IoT, and the ecosystem as a whole, The Futurum Group's Ron Westfall is joined by colleague and fellow analyst Todd R. Weiss for a look at the top 5G developments and what’s going on that caught their eye including the massive Ericsson AT&T $14.5 billion Open RAN deal and its implications for the North American and global 5G ecosystems, Nokia replacing Huawei as DT’s primary Open RAN supplier, and Germany’s 1&1 collaborating with Rakuten Symphony and Mavenir to operate Europe’s first fu...

On this episode of Experience Unveiled, The Futurum Group's Sherril Hanson is joined by Workhuman President Tom Libretto for a conversation on employee experience and the ROI of employee rewards and recognition. 

Our discussion covers:

The journey that employee experience has taken over the past few years 

Data tied to the benefits of reward and recognition, not just for employees but for a company’s bottom line

What makes for a great rewards and recognition program and where do companies often fall short?

The Workhuman ROI guarantee

In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, hosts Krista Macomber, Steven Dickens and Camberley Bates discuss AI GPUs and ransomware detection. 

Key topics covered include:

Insights from Marvell’s Analyst Day:

Discussion of Custom Silicon:

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, host Ron Westfall welcomes Sandeep Bharathi, Chief Development Officer at Marvell Technology for a conversation on AI and the impact that it's having on the semiconductor industry as well as portfolio development, during Marvell’s Industry Analyst Day Event.

Their discussion covers:

The impact that AI will have on semiconductor technology and the market moving forward from Marvell’s perspective

How Moore’s Law is changing and how Marvell has shifted its technology and IP strategy to address this change

Advanced connecti...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, host Daniel Newman welcomes Loi Nguyen, PhD, EVP Optical & Copper Connectivity at Marvell Technology for a conversation on how Marvell’s Optical business has changed under the influence of AI, including bandwidth, power and the key technologies enabling these shifts.

Their discussion covers:

The evolution of Marvell’s Optical business, with the increased networking demands of AI  

How optical modules have developed in terms of bandwidth and power

The infrastructure needs of inference, within data centers and beyond

Silicon photonic...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, host Daniel Newman welcomes Raghib Hussain, President, Products & Technologies at Marvell Technology for a conversation on generative AI, accelerated infrastructure, and the evolution of data center architecture during Marvell’s Industry Analyst Day Event.

Their discussion covers:

Marvell’s perspective on generative AI and what it means for data centers

Insights on accelerated infrastructure: what it means and what it is

The differences between the architecture of traditional data centers and AI data centers

What Marvell is doing to enable...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, host Daniel Newman welcomes Alteryx CIO Trevor Schulze for a conversation on the evolving landscape of IT decision-making, the importance of data analytics in modern IT strategy, and how IT leaders can “future-proof” their strategies by leveraging them.

Their discussion covers:

The role of AI in the shifting role of the CIO and what IT leaders should consider around AI when making technology decisions

The importance of data analytics in shaping the decisions made by IT leaders and contributing to overall business success

On this episode of The AI Moment, we will take a deeper look at a key trend in generative AI – the continued emergence of on-device AI, with special guest Olivier Blanchard, Senior Analyst and Research Director at The Futurum Group.

The discussion covers:

Key Trends in Generative AI: The installed base of smartphones and PCs is about 6.42 billion – 4.45 billion smartphones, 1.97 billion laptops, tablets and desktop PCs. This is a massive market opportunity to leverage generative AI applications. But there are challenges, including limitations to local processing, battery power and connectivity. Mark walks through some of the...

In this episode of Enterprising Insights, The Futurum Group Enterprise Applications Research Director Keith Kirkpatrick is joined by Mark Beccue, Research Director, AI, with The Futurum Group, to discuss the trends in Software-as-a-Service pricing, focusing specifically on enterprise applications that are or are in the process of incorporating some type of analytics-based, predictive, or generative AI. They will cover common pricing models and approaches in use today, discuss the impact AI has on software delivery economics, and will assess how advances in the training of AI models may change the calculus around AI pricing. 

Finally, the pair w...

In this episode of The 5G Factor, our series that focuses on all things 5G, the IoT, and the ecosystem as a whole, The Futurum Group's Ron Westfall is joined by colleague and fellow analyst, Olivier Blanchard, for a look at the top 5G developments and what’s going on that caught their eye including HP’s Q4 results hinting at PC market recovery, the impact of Intel’s Core Ultra debut on AI PC expansion, T-Mobile’s 5G secure laptop data plan push, and Qualcomm’s AI portfolio diversification gains from its Cloud AI 100 Ultra launch. 

Our convers...

The term "hybrid cloud" has been around for years now—but how is it still impacting today's IT ecosystem? In this episode of The Main Scoop™, Barry Baker, COO of IBM Infrastructure, unpacks the term and explores how important trends and advances, like generative AI and sustainability, fit into the future of this hybrid multicloud world with our hosts Daniel Newman and Greg Lotko.

It was a great conversation and one you don’t want to miss. Like what you’ve heard? Check out all our past episodes here, and be sure to subscribe so you never miss an...

In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, Krista Macomber, Camberley Bates, and Steven Dickens discuss key takeaways from AWS re:Invent 2023, including the cloud juggernaut’s pragmatic approach to cloud computing, focusing on AI, hybrid solutions, and cost optimization. It is also investing heavily in new features and services, and partnering with other companies to expand their reach.

Key themes include:

Gen AI: AWS made a big push towards AI with announcements like Q, a helpful service for developers and cloud admins, custom silicon updates for Graviton and Trainium, and a focus on the AI layered ca...

An Assessment of Key Developments Across the 5G-IoT Ecosystem Including T-Mobile Verizon Spur FWA, New Nokia FastMile Products, and Ericsson FWA Tariff Views 

In this episode of The 5G Factor, our series that focuses on all things 5G, the IoT, and the ecosystem as a whole, I’m joined by my colleague and fellow analyst, Todd R Weiss, for a look at the top 5G developments and what’s going on that caught our eye including the latest on the T-Mobile Verizon US 5G FWA horse race, Nokia introduces new FastMile products to address FWA scaling challenges, and Er...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, host Steven Dickens welcomes Rocket Software’s Phil Buckellew, President, Infrastructure Modernization Business Unit, for a conversation on the company’s announcement that it plans to acquire OpenText’s Application Modernization and Connectivity Business, the strategy behind the move, and the implications for the mainframe modernization landscape.

Their discussion covers:

The announcement that Rocket Software plans to acquire OpenText’s Application Modernization and Connectivity Business, and the strategy behind it

Why Rocket Software is a good home for the Micro Focus team

How thi...

In this Futurum Tech Webcast, host Steven Dickens interviews Parv Aggarwal on the Diaspora Bank Project, discussing integrating Ripple's CBDC platform into the project's initiatives. Aggarwal explains how they aim to connect the African diaspora with the continent, particularly through remittances. The project emphasizes the potential of CBDCs to streamline payments and enable investment vehicles for the diaspora, reducing the friction and high fees associated with traditional remittance methods. The discussion also covers how the project leverages the XRP ledger for efficient cross-border payments and financial inclusion, particularly in rural areas.

Their discussion covers:

How...

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, Steven Dickens welcomes Kennedy Ng’ang’a, founder and CEO of Nairobi-based tech company, Shamba, about leveraging Ripple's CBDC platform for ecological data integration on blockchain. Shamba focuses on providing crucial ecological data, such as vegetation coverage and rainfall, to drive parametric insurance solutions. Shamba’s solution utilizes the Ripple CBDC platform to create B2B solutions for institutions like banks and insurance companies, which are traditionally averse to other forms of cryptocurrency. The discussion highlights the use of CBDCs in humanitarian and environmental projects, detailing how the company uses satellite data t...

In this Futurum Tech Webcast, Steven Dickens and Orang Dialameh discuss ExtoLabs' role in advancing digital payments and CBDC (Central Bank Digital Currency) initiatives. Dialameh, CEO and co-founder of ExtoLabs, explains how their technology addresses the friction in digital payments, particularly in emerging markets. The discussion delves into the technicalities of integrating XRP ledger for secure, low-cost transactions and the nuances of maintaining privacy and KYC (Know Your Customer) compliance in digital currencies.

Their discussion covers:

ExtoLabs' focus on reducing friction in digital payments, highlighting the challenges in both mature and emerging markets.

...

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, host Steven Dickens converses with Francesco Piccoli, Senior Director at AnChain.AI, about the company’s involvement in Ripple's CBDC Innovate 2023 competition. They discuss AnChain.AI's security and risk management role, offering compliance and anti-money laundering services to various sectors, including crypto companies, financial institutions, and governments. They also dive into how AnChain's AI-driven analytics enhance blockchain data understanding and contribute to AML practices, regulatory efforts, and hacking investigations. The discussion also touches on the challenges of blockchain security and AnChain's efforts to apply traditional cybersecurity best practices to the digital as...

On this episode of Futurum Live! From the Show Floor, The Futurum Group’s Steven Dickens is joined by Brendan Grady, GM, Analytics Business Unit at Qlik for a conversation on how Qlik’s partnership with AWS provides customers with end-to-end data integration and analytics solutions for AWS and empowers users at any skill level to modernize with AI. 

Their discussion covers:

A look at Qlik’s partnership with AWS, and what they’re bringing to the table for customers bringing their data and workloads to AWS

How Qlik is helping customers manage their dat...

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, Serrala’s Rob Jackson, Principal Solutions Architect, and Jason Boyer, Jason Boyle, Chief Customer Success Officer at Neev, join host Keith Kirkpatrick Research Director, Enterprise Applications at The Futurum Group, to discuss the steps organizations should take to migrate their data to SAP’s S/4HANA. The conversation focused specifically on developing a strategy based on whether a greenfield or brownfield migration is being conducted, the use of migration program checklists and data archiving strategies, and discussion on the available tools from Serrala to handle data archiving and migration.

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, Philipp Robbes, Sales Manager with Centric, joins host Keith Kirkpatrick, Research Director, Enterprise Applications at The Futurum Group, for a conversation about human resources processes, focusing specifically on the changing landscape of the human resources function over time, and the increasing need to fully digitize HR document processes. We also discussed how Centric solutions can be used to augment platforms such as SAP SuccessFactors to deliver a comprehensive digitization solution for all types of critical HR documents.

In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, hosts Krista Macomber, Steven Dickens and Camberely Bates discuss AI systems and data protection market development, announcements, and insights from a number of recent vendor and industry events, including:

Microsoft’s two new custom silicon chips designed for AI and general-purpose workloads, announced at Microsoft Ignite.

Developments in the AI space, including considerations for workload placement and how AI-backed chatbots can streamline daily tasks for IT Operations.

Perspective from the SuperComputing ’23 show in Denver, CO, including storage vendor portfolio developments for HPC.

Updates on V...

On this episode of the Futurum Live! From the Show Floor, The Futurum Group’s Steven Dickens is joined by Neil Fowler, SVP Engineer for the Application Modernization and Connectivity Product Group at OpenText for a conversation on OpenText’s partnership with AWS and how OpenText is helping with mainframe modernization.

Their discussion covers:

An introduction from Neil Fowler as Lead Engineer for the Application Modernization and Connectivity Product Group at OpenText and a background on OpenText 

The role OpenText plays in mainframe modernization

OpenText’s partnership with AWS and their purpose...

On this episode of Futurum Live! From the Show Floor, The Futurum Group’s Camberley Bates is joined by Simon Jelley, GM, Data Protection as a Service and Chris Wiborg, VP Product and Solutions Marketing at Veritas for a conversation on how to ensure that your cloud applications are resilient and your data is protected and recoverable. 

Their discussion covers:

A background on why data recovery so difficult and complex

Veritas’ strategy to assist customers to combat ransomware with data protection, compliance, and governance, and new technologies like AI/ML

Why cyber...

In this episode of Infrastructure Matters – Insider Edition, Krista Macomber and Randy Kerns are joined by Jim McGann, Index Engines’ Vice President of Strategic Partnerships, for a conversation focusing on the topic of the convergence of cyber security and storage. 

Specifically, their discussion covers:

Critical capabilities of cybersecure storage systems, including immutability

The Index Engines – Dell PowerProtect Cyber Recovery solution, which The Futurum Group audited

New approaches and technology, such as artificial intelligence (AI), that bad actors have been using to ramp up their game when it comes to attacking organizations, and how...

In this episode of The 5G Factor, our series that focuses on all things 5G, the IoT, and the ecosystem as a whole, Ron Westfall is joined by colleague and fellow analyst, Todd R. Weiss, for a look at the top 5G developments and what’s going on that caught their eye including Netcracker introducing its Telco GenAI offerings, Amdocs NVIDIA working together to customize enterprise-grade LLMs running on NVIDIA accelerated computing as part of the Amdocs amAIz framework, and SK Telecom (SKT) and Deutsche Telekom (DT) have agreed to create a telco-specific large language model (LLM), which aims to...

In this episode of Enterprising Insights, host Keith Kirkpatrick, Research Director, Enterprise Applications, at The Futurum Group, discusses the topic of tech stack sprawl, focusing specifically on the proliferation of multiple enterprise applications within an organization. He covers the conditions that lead to sprawl, the risks and drawbacks of acquiring and implementing a wide range of applications, and highlights the offerings from vendors that are designed to reduce or eliminate sprawl.

He also covers some recent news and newsmakers in the customer experience software market. Finally, he’ll close out the show with the “Rant or Rave” segmen...

In this episode of Infrastructure Matters – Insider Edition, Randy Kerns is joined by Brian Pawlowski, Chief Development Officer at Quantum, for a conversation on Quantum’s Myriad solution and how it is uniquely offering solutions to customer data challenges.

Their discussion covers:

Quantum’s view on the current market and how storage and application have evolved, including customer use cases

The challenges facing customers within storage and data management systems, today

Quantum’s current product portfolio, including how their latest solution, Myriad, fits into their portfolio

How Myriad offers unique s...

In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, recorded at KubeCon 2023 in Chicago, hosts Steven Dickens and Camberely Bates discuss the latest trends and announcements in the world of Kubernetes and cloud-native technologies. They delve into the growth in KubeCon attendance, the increasing adoption of Kubernetes in enterprise environments, and the focus on platform engineering. Their conversation includes insights into various vendor announcements, including NetApp's Astra Control and Red Hat's new features, as well as a broader discussion on the maturation of the Kubernetes ecosystem, emphasizing the importance of security, resilience, and complexity in modern IT infrastructure.

Key points...

An Assessment of Key Eco-Initiatives across the 5G-IoT Ecosystem Including Rogers Smart Energy Management solution, AT&T’s CCI, and Orange’s Sophie Germain

In this episode of The 5G Factor, our series that focuses on all things 5G, the IoT, and the ecosystem as a whole, Ron Westfall is joined by my colleague and fellow analyst, Todd R. Weiss, for a look at the top 5G developments and what’s going on that caught our eye including Rogers Business using IoT to bolster customer sustainability missions on a strategic level, AT&T highlighting the impact of connect...

On this episode of The AI Moment, we explore what’s going on with AI chips, the pros and cons to RAG and fine-tuning to make LLMs better and how the Allen Institute for AI has dropped a tool which makes them an Adult in the AI Rumpus Room

The discussion covers:

Key Trends in Generative AI: 

New chips, NVIDIA’s GH200 Grace Hopper, Microsoft’s Azure Maia AI Accelerator and Intel’s Gaudi 2 are showing the potential for significant gains in performance and efficiency, which means lower AI compute costs. 

Practices...

On this episode of the Experience Unveiled I am joined by SAP SuccessFactors Chief Scientist, Dr. Autumn Krauss for a conversation on employee experience, including how the view of EX has evolved and thoughts on its evolution. 

Our discussion covers:

How the SAP SuccessFactors Growth & Insights team supports growth opportunities for SAP SuccessFactors

How SAP SuccessFactors is reimagining the learning experience for employees

How employee experience has evolved over time and what prompted the evolution

Employee experience in 2023 and what’s next

For more information, visit the SAP...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast - Interview Series, I am joined by Rubrik’s Steve Stone, Head of Rubrik Zero Labs for a conversation on data security, understanding what role AI plays in data protection, and the importance of data visibility.

Our discussion covers:

An introduction from Steve Stone as Head of Rubrik Zero Labs and a brief background on how Rubrik Zero Labs came to be

The role AI plays in data growth

How organizations are keeping up with data protection and the importance of data visibility

On this episode of The AI Moment, we explore why Qualcomm could be the key to on-device AI and how Microsoft, which has developed best practices-level AI safety policies and a separately an insightful blueprint for approaching enterprise AI, continues to show they are an Adult in the AI Rumpus Room

The discussion covers:

Adults in the AI Rumpus Room: In two separate initiatives, Microsoft continues to show their leadership in the responsible use of AI. Microsoft has developed best practices-level AI safety policies and a separately an insightful blueprint for approaching enterprise AI. Download...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast - Interview Series, I am joined by Eric Herzog, CMO for Infinidat for a conversation on Infinidat’s new solutions and other recent announcements.

Our discussion covers:

A look into Infinidat’s SSA Express Software’s extended capabilities

How Infinidat has doubled the capacity of SSA II

The real magic behind the InfuzeOS operating system

A deep dive into how Infinidat is helping customers of all sizes meet their capacity needs.

To learn more about the latest announcements, check out th...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, host Daniel Newman welcomes Sameer Verma, Head of Product at Microsoft for a conversation on the launch of new Copilot and demand planning capabilities in Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management. They discuss how organizations can empower their employees with natural language-based conversational help, enhanced inventory visibilities, and improved accuracy, all with a more flexible, simplified, and intuitive user experience.

Their discussion covers:

The current state of supply chains in a post-covid world and how the new state of work impacts how companies transform their supply chains to...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, host Daniel Newman welcomes Mandar Paralkar, Global VP, Life Sciences & Healthcare at SAP and Sandra Garitonandia, Industry Principal for Life Sciences at Vistex EMEA, for a conversation on digital transformation and the role of technology in navigating the future of Life Sciences and Healthcare.

Their discussion covers:

The key areas within life sciences companies where digital transformation is a priority, and why these areas are being targeted for transformation

Successful approaches, strategies, and best practices that Life Sciences companies are adopting to optimize th...

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, host Steven Dickens welcomes Neil Fowler, SVP, Software Engineering Development at OpenText, to explore the challenges and opportunities in modernizing mainframe systems. They emphasize the importance of flexibility and choice in the modernization journey, catering to an organization's specific needs and objectives. The conversation touches on the significance of application modernization, the role of skills in this transformation, and the real-world success stories of organizations like AG Insurance. Overall, the paper they discuss provides a comprehensive overview and practical insights for those considering mainframe modernization.

Their discussion covers:

In this episode of The 5G Factor, we focus on what is driving the swift worldwide expansion of 5G services and what next steps are critical for the 5G ecosystem to fulfill its overall potential. We identify the key steps as including understanding 5G Advanced and why it defines the next major phase of 5G, why accelerating the transition to the 5G Standalone (SA) network architecture is essential, and the impact of disruptive technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and edge computing on significantly improving 5G capabilities. 

Joining host Ron Westfall is Durga Malladi, S...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, host Steven Dickens welcomes Nick Delis, Senior Vice President - International and Strategic Sales for Five9, to discuss trends in Customer Experience (CX) including the adoption of AI and automation. While AI is a buzzword worldwide, its implementation differs by region. Delis stresses the importance of empathy in customer interactions and how technology, like generative AI, can enhance human conversations. The conversation also touches on the advantages of nimble, cloud-native companies over legacy players and the need for consolidation of data for better personalization. 

Their discussion covers:

In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, hosts Camberley Bates and Krista Macomber discuss recent developments in the tech industry, focusing on Commvault's earnings and strategic business movements, especially regarding their SaaS division, Metallic. They highlight Metallic's impressive 77% year-over-year growth, signaling strong market demand for cloud-based services. The conversation also touches on Nutanix's evolution and their strategy to increase their market presence against VMware, including a new partnership with Cisco and developments in container infrastructure and data services. Lastly, they cover Catalogic's new self-hosted option for CloudCasa, offering more flexibility for industries with stringent data privacy and sovereignty requirements.

On this episode of the Futurum Live! From the Show Floor, The Futurum Group’s Camberley Bates is joined by Nutanix’s Aaron Delp, Cloud Native & AI Marketing and Luke Congdon, Sr. Director Product Management during KubeCon Chicago for a conversation on how Nutanix is delivering simplified Kubernetes and AI-anywhere solutions with Nutanix GPT-in-a-Box.

Their discussion covers:

What Nutanix has done to bring its solutions to the Kubernetes market

How the Nutanix Cloud Platform simplifies operations for cloud-native and AI applications, supporting most of the major Kubernetes distributions

A closer look at N...

In this episode of The 5G Factor, our series that focuses on all things 5G, the IoT, and the ecosystem as a whole, Ron Westfall is joined by colleague and fellow analyst, Todd R. Weiss, for a look at the top 5G developments and what’s going on that caught their eye consisting of new progress across the 5G and IoT ecosystem, including Nokia’s new Global Traffic 2030 report and Technology Strategy 2030 vision, Juniper Networks’ O-RAN SMO and partnership moves, and Cisco’s IoT cybersecurity stand.

Highlights include:

Leading businesses know connecting with customers is more than delivering products, services, and technology. It's about nurturing and growing relationships by consistently delivering experiences that meet or exceed customer expectations. Tune in for this episode of The Main Scoop™ to hear from Iain McCorquodale, Global Head of Core Solutions at NatWest, as he joins Daniel Newman and Greg Lotko to discuss how Natwest approaches relationship banking to increase customer loyalty and create a competitive advantage.

It was a great conversation and one you don’t want to miss. Like what you’ve heard? Check out all our past ep...

In this episode of Enterprising Insights, Sherril Hanson, Senior Analyst at The Futurum Group, joins host Keith Kirkpatrick, Research Director, Enterprise Applications, at The Futurum Group, for a conversation about leveraging technology platforms to deliver excellent customer experiences, focusing specifically on contact center as-a-service offerings, the importance of omnichannel engagement capabilities, mobile applications, and generative AI.

We’ll also cover some recent news and newsmakers in the customer experience software market. Finally, we’ll close out the show with our “Rant or Rave” segment, where we pick one item in the market, and we’ll either champion or critici...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, host Daniel Newman welcomes IBM’s Roger Premo, General Manager, Corporate Strategy and Ventures for a conversation on the company's launch of the IBM Enterprise AI Venture fund.

Their discussion covers:

The importance of the current moment in time with regard to AI

An overview of IBM Ventures and how the company has prioritized investments in AI and generative AI

The launch of the IBM Enterprise AI Venture Fund – a $500M fund the company plans to invest in a range of AI com...

In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, hosts Camberley Bates, Steven Dickens and Krista Macomber provide an earnings and events season recap and discuss various topics related to the IT landscape. Key highlights include:

Major announcements and data in the hybrid cloud 

NetApp’s Insight event in Las Vegas and announcements on AI, data security, and modern data architecture 

Lenovo Tech World and the focus on AI and edge devices 

Review of recent earnings reports from AWS, Google, and Microsoft, highlighting the growth in cloud services

Plus a deep dive into...

In this episode of Enterprising Insights, Krista Macomber, Senior Analyst at The Futurum Group, joins host Keith Kirkpatrick, Research Director, Enterprise Applications, at The Futurum Group, for a conversation about enterprise cybersecurity, focusing on the current threats to organizations, how AI is changing the threat landscape, and best practices for organizations to harden their defenses. We’ll also cover some recent news and newsmakers in the enterprise software market. Finally, we’ll close out the show with our “Rant or Rave” segment, where we pick one item in the market, and we’ll either champion or criticize it.

In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, hosts Steven Dickens and Krista Macomber discuss various topics related to the IT landscape. Key highlights include:

Veeam's announcement of the second half of the 2023 update to the Veeam data platform, which includes new features such as machine learning-based anomaly detection for ransomware recovery.

Druva's announcement of a natural language chatbot-type feature for its data protection platform.

SiFive's launch of a new risk five set of processes, the P870 and the X390, really focusing in on AR/VR, what's going on with high capacity AI.

Qual...

In this Futurum Tech Webcast sponsored by HPE, Steven Dickens and Krista Macomber discuss their collaborative research brief on HPE's compute resources, specifically focusing on the ProLiant server line. They examine the challenges facing IT teams, such as staffing limitations and growing cybersecurity threats, and discuss how HPE's solutions, including their 11th generation ProLiant servers and GreenLake for compute, aim to tackle these issues. Steven and Krista highlight the importance of staying current in hardware to maximize operational performance and security, and emphasize the flexibility offered by HPE's consumption-based models to meet varying needs, such as AI and data-intensive...

In this episode of The 5G Factor, our series that focuses on all things 5G, the IoT, and the ecosystem as a whole, Ron Westfall is joined by colleague and fellow analyst Olivier Blanchard for a look at the top 5G developments and what’s going on that caught their eye.

Their conversation focused on:

Join the conversation as we assess the new offerings from the Snapdragon Summit, including Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, Snapdragon X Elite, and Motorola Showcasing Adaptive Display Tech.

In this episode of The 5G Factor, our series that focuses on all things 5G, the IoT, and the ecosystem as a whole, Ron Westfall is joined by colleague and fellow analyst Todd R. Weiss for a look at the top 5G developments and what’s going on that caught their eye.

Their conversation focused on:

AT&T Delivers Solid Q3 2023. AT&T delivered strong results in the third quarter of 2023 with solid 5G and fiber subscriber growth. The company also posted healthy year-over-year (YoY) increases in service and broadband revenues, driving higher profitability. Key hi...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, host Daniel Newman welcomes HPE’s Frances Guida, Director, HPE Compute Workload Solutions for a conversation on how HPE is helping customers navigate their AI journey, AI inferencing, and bringing its expertise to empower AI adoption for businesses.

Their discussion covers:

Why AI adoption is so “hot” at present and how HPE’s customers are approaching adoption

A deeper dive into AI Inferencing as “the last mile for AI” and the real-world use cases for AI inference

The top challenges for customers at t...

In this episode of Enterprising Insights, Clint Wheelock joins host Keith Kirkpatrick, Research Director, Enterprise Applications, at The Futurum Group, for a conversation about the use of low-code/no-code development platforms within the enterprise environment. We will discuss the types of platforms available, the benefit and pitfalls of using them for enterprise development tasks, and discuss a few of the leading vendors offering these tools. We’ll also cover some recent news and newsmakers in the enterprise software market. Finally, we’ll close out the show with our “Rant or Rave” segment, where we pick one item in the market...

In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, guest host Randy Kerns, Senior Strategist with The Futurum Group, joins Krista Macomber for a discussion of recent news, upcoming shows, and how to most cost-effectively use cloud infrastructure based on deep economic analysis and engagements with IT practitioners.

Key highlights include:

The launch of Pure Protect DRaaS by Pure Storage and the solution’s value, including speeding time-to-recovery and reducing data loss following a ransomware attack.

A preview of upcoming shows that The Futurum Group will be attending, including NetApp Insight, Veeam Analyst Summit an...

On this episode of The AI Moment, we examine a key trend, the emergence of enterprise-grade generative AI SaaS applications and why Adobe provides a blueprint to enterprises for AI success.

The discussion covers:

The key Generative AI trends – the emergence of AI-powered applications. Using OpenText’s Aviators and Adobe Firefly as examples, a look at why SaaS applications with embedded AI will be a critical element of enterprise AI market adoption.

A company we like doing AI. Adobe’s Firefly is the most successful generative AI product ever launched. Enterprises looking to operat...

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, Mike Whitmire, CEO and Co-Founder of FloQast joins host Keith Kirkpatrick, Research Director, Enterprise Applications at The Futurum Group, for a conversation about workplace trends, focusing specifically on the accounting industry, and the frustrations that many accountants struggle with, day-in and day-out, and what that means for today’s organizations and the future of the accounting profession. They also discuss how technology can be the catalyst for ensuring that the accountants of today are able to continue to do meaningful work, while also properly positioning the industry to continue to attract br...

An Assessment of Key 5G Ecosystem Developments Including the Google Pixel 8 Launch, Intel Enters the AI PC Race, and the 5G Americas Forum and NTN Updates

In this episode of The 5G Factor, our series that focuses on all things 5G, the IoT, and the ecosystem implications, I’m joined by my colleague and fellow analyst, Olivier Blanchard, for a look at the top 5G developments and what’s going on that caught our eye.

Our conversation focused on:

T-Mobile is Offering Free Google Pixel 8 Products. Google Pixel 8, Pixel 8 Pro and Pixel Watch 2 are n...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, I am joined by Laura Laltrello, VP & GM, Services at Honeywell to dig into all the things in the world that are connected, that are driving intelligence, and some of these things are things that you may not know about. We discuss the power of developing a seamless integration stack–integrating all industrial and information technology that exists into a building into one seamless integration stack. We also learn how Honeywell is helping their customers navigate their ESG goals, and hear more about the company’s work in developing smart...

In this episode of Enterprising Insights, Mark Beccue, Research Director, AI, with The Futurum Group joins host Keith Kirkpatrick, Research Director, Enterprise Applications, at The Futurum Group, for a conversation about the use of generative AI within enterprise platforms and applications. We’ll also cover some recent news and newsmakers in the enterprise software market. Finally, we’ll close out the show with our “Rant or Rave” segment, where we pick one item in the market, and we’ll either champion or criticize it.

On this episode of The AI Moment, host Mark Beccue examines two trends in AI regulations and takes a look under the hood of Microsoft Copilot to understand how Microsoft is addressing built-in challenges for LLMs. 

The discussion covers:

The key Generative AI trends – AI regulations. Analysis of the status and arc of the EU’s AI Act and copyright/IP issues linked to Adobe’s proposed FAIR Act.

A company we like doing AI.  We take a look under the hood of Microsoft’s Copilot to understand how Microsoft is addressing the built-in c...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast - Interview Series, I am joined by Rubrik’s CEO, Bipul Sinha, for a conversation on cyber resilience and how organizations can achieve business resilience against cyberattacks, malicious insiders, and operational disruptions. We also explore living in the era of AI, and while advancements in AI have allowed businesses to use data in new and powerful ways, it’s also created an even greater attack surface area that must be secured.

Our discussion covers:

An overview of Rubrik and how it is solving customer challenges in cyber resi...

On this inaugural episode of The AI Moment, I give my views on the key trends in Generative AI and identify some Adults in the Generative AI Rumpus Room. 

The discussion covers:

* Key Generative AI trends: LLM/Foundation model mania, Cottage industry to support LLMs, 

* Harnessing AI compute workloads and the Enterprise dilemma – DIY or not DIY?

* The Adults in the Generative AI Rumpus Room: Anthropic, Kolena and IBM

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast - Interview Series, I am joined by Quantum Inc’s CEO, Jamie Lerner for a conversation on how Quantum is solving the challenges of data management for today’s business.  

Our discussion covers:

The current macro trends in the data management and storage markets

Quantum’s current portfolio and how it solves customers’ challenges in ways that other vendors cannot, and which products are driving the most interest

Where the data management and data storage trends are going in the next 5 to 10 years

H...

An Assessment of Key 5G Ecosystem Developments Including the Nokia DAC PW Compact Launch, Blackberry’s IoT IPO, and New Ericsson ConsumerLab Research

In this episode of The 5G Factor, our series that focuses on all things 5G, the IoT, and the ecosystem as a whole, The Futurum Group's Ron Westfall is joined by colleague and fellow analyst Todd R. Weiss, for a look at the top 5G developments and what’s going on that caught our eye.

Their conversation focused on:

Nokia DAC PW Compact Debut. The launch of Nokia Digital Automation Cloud...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, host Daniel Newman welcomes HPE’s Bryan Thompson, GreenLake Product Management and Dave Shore, North American Sales Director, Edge to Cloud Services for a conversation on how the evolution of AI and hybrid cloud impacts IT investments and the need for private cloud in every IT Leader’s cloud strategy. As the public cloud operating model has set a new standard for automation, self-service, scalability, and pay-per-use– now being replicated on-premises. With so many choices, how do you find the right cloud operating model to fit your economics?

Their...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, host Daniel Newman welcomes HPE’s Bryan Thompson, GreenLake Product Management and Equinix’s Lisa Miller, SVP Platform Alliances for a conversation on how HPE GreenLake for Private Cloud Enterprise is helping businesses solve their multi-cloud and multi-workload challenges. 

Their discussion covers:

What challenges HPE’s customers face in their multi-cloud environments and with multi-workload performance needs

How HPE and Equinix are helping customer address those challenges

More on the expanded partnership between HPE and Equinix and the metro-areas where pre-deployed HPE Green...

In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, hosts Steven Dickens and Krista Macomber discuss various topics related to the IT landscape. Key highlights include:

Veeam’s Acquisition of CT4 and the Future of Data Protection: The episode focuses on the fragmentation and challenges in the field of data protection, emphasizing the proliferation of SaaS applications, public cloud resources, and on-premises data. Specifically, Veeam’s acquisition of CT4 and the company’s Cirrus platform is covered.

Nutanix’s product enhancements for ransomware detection and one-click recovery.

TeleSign's Efforts in Security: They touch upon TeleSign's messaging platform...

On this episode of Futurum Live! From the Show Floor, The Futurum Group’s Craig Durr talks with Joseph Chong, the head of marketing for products, solutions, and industry marketing at Zoom, about the company's latest innovations and how they're enhancing the hybrid work experience.

Their discussion covers:

The transformative role of AI in increasing productivity and enhancing collaboration on Zoom

The integration of AI in Zoom's CX and its application in events and the Revenue Accelerator

The significance of WorkVivo in fostering corporate communication and engagement

The introduction of...

On this episode of Futurum Live! From the Show Floor, The Futurum Group’s Craig Durr talks with Jeff Smith, the head of product for rooms, spaces, and meetings at Zoom Topia 2023. Their conversation dives deep into the advancements of Zoom's products, especially in the realm of hybrid work and the integration of AI to enhance meeting experiences. They also explore Zoom's collaborations with tech giants and the future prospects of shared desk experiences.

Their discussion covers:

The launch of the "Intelligent Director" for superior multi-camera experiences in conference settings

Integration of AI-driven to...

On this episode of Futurum Live! From the Show Floor, The Futurum Group’s Craig Durr talks about the challenges companies face today with hybrid work and return-to-office initiatives with Jeff Smith, Head of Product - Meetings, Spaces, and Rooms at Zoom. This insightful discussion encapsulates some of the exciting announcements from the mainstage keynote of Zoomtopia 2023.

Their discussion covers:

How Zoom has approached their own hybrid work implementations

Removing friction to make the return-to-office meaningful for employees 

Join us as we talk through challenges, friction, and the benefits of hybrid wor...

On this episode of Futurum Live! From the Show Floor, The Futurum Group’s Craig Durr talks about growth drivers with Kelly Steckelberg, CFO of Zoom. This insightful discussion encapsulates some of the exciting announcements from the mainstage keynote of Zoomtopia 2023.

Their discussion covers:

Zoom AI Companion: An AI-driven advancement redefining virtual meeting experiences.

Zoom Phones: A look at its steady growth trajectory and its pivotal role in Zoom's suite of offerings.

Zoom's Contact Center: Despite being in its nascent stage at less than two years, it's demonstrating significant potential for bu...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, Daniel Newman is joined by Capgemini’s Amit Sethi, Intelligent Restaurant Operations (IRO) Solution Lead and Lisa Insley, Oracle Go-to-Market Lead, with Oracle’s Matthew Gale, VP, Strategic Solutions Alliances for a conversation on how technology is transforming the restaurant industry and a deeper look into their Intelligent Restaurant Operations (IRO) Solution.

Their discussion covers:

The major technology trends and challenges in the Restaurant Industry

How Oracle is addressing these trends and challenges

The key benefits of the IRO Solution for a Rest...

On this episode of The Futurum Tech Webcast – Live from the Show Floor, Craig Durr welcomes Sam Kennedy, Senior Director, Product Marketing for Crestron Electronics for a conversation on Crestron’s latest announcements at Zoomtopia 2023

Their discussion covers:

The Crestron products that just received Zoom certification

Crestron’s new product specifically made for the Zoom ecosystem

An overview of Crestron’s new native Zoom scheduling panel

A look at other recent portfolio updates.

In this episode of The 5G Factor, our series that focuses on all things 5G, the IoT, and the ecosystem as a whole, The Futurum Group's Ron Westfall and Todd R. Weiss look at the top 5G developments and what’s going on that caught our eye. Their conversation focused on: Nokia Debuts Network as Code Platform. Nokia introduced its Network as Code platform and developer portal aimed at enabling application developers and communication services providers (CSPs) to accelerate the work of producing software applications for new enterprise, industrial, and consumer use cases, as well as monetizing 5G/4G network...

In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, hosts Steven Dickens, Krista Macomber and Camberley Bates discuss HPE’s recently announced restructuring plan, involving the creation of a hybrid cloud segment led by Fidelma Russo. This move is aimed at simplifying the company's organizational structure and focusing on GreenLake and services in the hybrid cloud space. Storage is also being integrated into this group, and the goal is to offer more services as part of the GreenLake portfolio.

Another topic of discussion is the acquisition of Splunk by Cisco. The hosts ponder how Cisco would restructure its software portfolio an...

In this episode of Infrastructure Matters – Insider Edition, Steven Dickens is joined by AWS’s Ajay Nair, General Manager, AWS Lambda, for a conversation focusing on the topic of serverless computing and its place within AWS's broader portfolio. Ajay explains that serverless has evolved from its initial definition as a way to run code without managing servers to a broader operational model focused on delivering value to customers without getting bogged down in managing infrastructure. He emphasizes that serverless allows customers to delegate outcomes like security, scale, performance, and availability to AWS experts, enabling them to focus on their uniq...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, The Futurum Group's Dave Raffo joined by Greg White, Senior Director, Solutions Marketing at Nutanix and Pritish Nilangi, Product Marketing Manager, at AMD, for a conversation on how Nutanix’s software-defined storage and AMD processors are helping companies run modern applications in hybrid and multi clouds.

In their conversation, they discussed the following:

How hybrid clouds have changed hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) over the years, and how HCI pioneer Nutanix has adapted to that change

What we mean by modern apps in the context of hy...

The advancement of generative AI has left some wondering if we’re moving away from our own humanity. But what if these innovations are bringing us toward a new, improved state of human consciousness in computing? Learn more in this episode of The Main Scoop™, our hosts Daniel Newman and Greg Lotko are joined by Reg Harbeck, CEO and Chief Strategist at Mainframe Analytics.

It was a great conversation and one you don’t want to miss. Like what you’ve heard? Check out all our past episodes here, and be sure to subscribe so you never miss an e...

In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, hosts Camberley Bates, Steven Dickens, and Krista Macomber discuss the merger of Kioxia and Western Digital's solid-state storage units and Infinidat's announcements regarding high-end data storage devices. They also highlight MLCommons' new releases, including MLPerf 3.1 and MLPerf for storage, which includes large language models and storage benchmarks.

The conversation shifts to Lenovo's Edge server launch and its potential impact on AI deployments at the edge. They discuss the significance of AI-specific servers and the importance of deployment technology, including lightweight Kubernetes distributions and private 5G.

The discussion continues with...

In this episode of the Infrastructure Matters podcast, hosts Steven Dickens and Krista Macomber discuss common themes discussed during recent visits with clients in the data protection marketplace – notably, generative artificial intelligence (AI), and protection of cloud-hosted, software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications. This includes the utilization of AI to streamline the application and oversight of protection policies, to uncover security vulnerabilities, and to democratize conversations around security between IT Operations teams and the C-Suite. They also touch on Tesla as a use case for utilizing AI for business model innovation, and the market-wide implications of the most recent financial performance from Or...

In this episode of Infrastructure Matters - Insider Edition, Camberley Bates is joined by John Colgrove (Coz), Founder and Chief Visionary at Pure Storage. Their discussion dives into Coz’s vision for Pure Storage and what is next for data storage technology.

Their discussion covers:

Coz gives insight into the world of storage and what he and Pure Storage set out to change  – including the management, upgrades and customer-centric approach

How the market and technologies are addressing energy and sustainability 

The shift from HDD to SSD and why and how this is shi...

In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, hosts Steven Dickens, Camberley Bates, and Krista Macomber discuss all around data highlighting the growing importance of data management and governance, especially in the context of AI, with a focus on the role of Chief Data Officers. They also get into the changes with the cybersecurity tech industry, particularly in regard to layoffs, investments and CIO actions in rationalizing investments while balancing the need for robust security measures. The hosts explore infrastructure changes in the context of AI including aspects such as compute, especially GPUs, storage and mention why private enterprise AI is...

n this episode of Infrastructure Matters, hosts Krista Macomber, Camberley Bates, and Steven Dickens. They discuss key highlights from the VMware Explore event, focusing on announcements related to private infrastructure for AI applications and multi-cloud solutions. Some notable topics include VMware's partnership with NVIDIA for private AI solutions, updates in multi-cloud networking with NSX+, and advancements in ransomware recovery solutions. The discussion also touches on the growing importance of AI in enterprise workloads and the demand for GPU-powered infrastructure. Overall, the episode provides insights into the evolving landscape of infrastructure technology.

Topics include: 

The key t...

In this episode of the Infrastructure Matters podcast, hosts Steven Dickens and Camberley Bates break down the recent earnings from Dell, Lenovo and HPE and the impact of announcements and orders for Generative AI technology. They also dive into the overwhelming number of announcements from Google Cloud Next, with Steven coming straight from the conference. We look at Google partnerships, Vertex, A3 VM, Kubernetes and what Google is doing to address security in their cloud. 

Topics include: 

Recent announcements and earnings from Dell, Lenovo and HPE and what it means in the world of Generative AI...

In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, hosts Camberley Bates, Krista Macomber, and Steven Dickens discuss various topics related to the tech industry and mainframe computing. They begin by mentioning upcoming events like VMware Explore and Google Next. Steven Dickens talks about his Forbes article covering the Open Enterprise Linux Association, which involves SUSE, Oracle, and Six collaborating to support a forked version of RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux). The conversation touches on the importance of choice and community collaboration in the open-source space.

Topics include:

Upcoming industry events, open-source collaboration, and mainframe computing

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In this episode of Infrastructure Matters - Insider Edition, Krista Macomber is joined by Mignona Cote, SVP, Chief Security Officer at NetApp. Their discussion revolves around the intersection of data protection and security – including the top customer requirements, and how NetApp is responding.

Their discussion covers:

How the consumerization of IT and need for perimeter-less, zero trust security force a need to protect data at its source.

Given that it is a matter of when, not if, malicious actors will gain access, the value of vulnerability scanning, tracking data movement and transmission, and id...

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, The Futurum Group's Ron Westfall is joined by Samuel Liu, Senior Director, Product Line Marketing at Marvell Technology, a top-tier semiconductor company. A new guest on this show, and astutely shares his insights and perspective on the direction of the optical transport market segment and why Marvell’s coherent DSP portfolio is driving new breakthroughs. 

Ron and Samuel focus on the topic of coherent digital coherent processor (DSP) innovation and why it is vital to enabling cloud providers and carriers to replace traditional transport equipment for improved scala...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, I am joined by Dell Technologies’ Bill Leslie, Director, Technical Marketing for an inside look at the performance of Dell’s VxRail solution, including use cases, and the findings of our recent performance testing on Dell’s VxRail hyper converged infrastructure (HCI).

Our discussion covers:

Dell’s relationship with VMware and the state of the HCI business

An overview of Dell’s VxRail 8.0, vSAN 8.0 and new vSAN Express Storage Architecture

The Futurum Group’s performance testing results why those results matter in business te...

In this episode of The 5G Factor, our series that focuses on all things 5G, the IoT, and the ecosystem as a whole, The Futurum Group's Ron Westfall is joined by colleague and fellow analyst, Todd R. Weiss for a look at the top 5G developments and what’s going on that caught our eye.

Their conversation focused on:

Vodafone is Testing GenAI Waters. Vodafone is testing genAI waters, getting Microsoft tech to write code. Plus, Vodafone was prominent in the Oracle Database@Azure launch with the major goal of easing AI workload administration, scaling, an...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, I am joined by Pegasystems’ CTO, Don Schuerman, for a conversation on what the autonomous enterprise looks like and why it matters for today’s businesses.  

Our discussion covers:

The rise of enterprise AI, and the convergence of technology and industry

How Pega has focused on the autonomous enterprise

The benefits of a solution that can help to automate workflows and the opportunity for organizations using AI and automation to increasingly become self-optimizing

How using AI can transform marketing approach...

In this episode of the Infrastructure Matters podcast, hosts Steven Dickens and Camberley Bates, discuss highlights from the Flash Memory Summit (FMS), which covers various aspects of data storage and technology beyond flash and two remarkable women in the industry who received awards: Amber Huffman from Google and Amy Fowler from Pure Storage. They also touch on technological advancements, including PCIe Gen 5 and innovative cooling systems for dense disc drives. They also talk about the Panel discussion from FMS on the CHIPS Act of 2022, how it has progressed in the last 12 months and key governmental actions that have been...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, host Daniel Newman welcomes Qualcomm’s CMO, Don McGuire, during the IAA Mobility Event in Munich, for an inside look at the Qualcomm Snapdragon concept car, their partnership ecosystem, and what the future holds at the upcoming Snapdragon Summit.

Their discussion covers:

The new Qualcomm Snapdragon concept car, right on the show floor of IAA Mobility

The convergence of tech in the automotive space and how Qualcomm’s partnership ecosystem is growing

Some of the biggest trends at IAA from sustainability to software

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, host Daniel Newman welcomes Qualcomm’s Nakul Duggal, SVP & GM, Automotive & Cloud Computing for a conversation on Qualcomm’s automotive business and the latest on their partnerships, including AWS, during the IAA Mobility Event in Munich, Germany.

Their discussion covers:

A review of Qualcomm’s automotive business and its double-digit growth

The timeline of design cycles, and what it takes to build growth in the automotive computing space

Recent announcements from Qualcomm on their partnerships with Cadillac and Mercedes-Benz, and AWS

The gr...

In this episode of the Infrastructure Matters podcast, hosts Steven Dickens and Krista Macomber discuss recent cloud provider expansion, cloud growth announcements, and the implications for the market. They highlight the maturity of the cloud market, mentioning AWS's 12% growth in the current quarter and its positioning for AI-driven services. They delve into the complexity of cloud adoption, discussing cost considerations, private cloud growth, and the challenges of data management and observability across hybrid environments. They emphasize the need for nuanced perspectives on cloud benefits, acknowledging the trade-offs between simplicity and complexity in areas such as data resilience and security. 

In this episode of Infrastructure Matters - Insider Edition Camberley Bates, Vice President of Data Infrastructure is joined by Tom Broderick, Chief Strategy Officer of Commvault. We explore the leading edge technologies for Data Security and Protection with the impact of artificial intelligence, the shift to SaaS offerings, and the challenges of managing hybrid multi-cloud IT environments for protecting critical information assets. Tom gives his perspectives working with Commvault’s clients to provide the keys to unlocking data protection excellence with AI and SaaS solutions. We also look into the issue of increasing complexity and cybersecurity threats faced by org...

In this episode of the Infrastructure Matters podcast, we cover the evolving landscape of IT infrastructure consumption and how traditional models have shifted due to the rise of cloud computing and hybrid approaches. We cover pricing, procurement, performance, availability, scalability, security, and compliance, which all play a crucial role in determining the most suitable consumption model for different workloads. We discuss considerations such as end-of-life planning and the decision-making process making sure the process aligns with the business needs. 

 Topics include: 

Recent news items, including earnings releases from Microsoft, Google, Intel and Seagate

The...

In this episode of The 5G Factor, our series that focuses on all things 5G, the IoT, and the ecosystem as a whole, The Futurum Group's Ron Westfall is joined by colleague and fellow analyst, Steven Dickens, for a look at the top 5G developments and what’s going on that caught our eye.

Their conversation focused on:

VMware Rolls Out VMware Private Mobile Network. VMware launched VMware Private Mobile Network as a key component of its VMware Edge Cloud Orchestrator (VECO) solution. VECO, formerly VMware SASE Orchestrator, is designed to provide unified management for VMware...

In this special episode of the Main Scoop, Daniel Newman, Greg Lotko, and Joe Doria discuss their favorite topics explored in past episodes–from generative AI, to hybrid cloud, and more–and what they mean for digital transformation.

It was a great conversation and one you don’t want to miss. Like what you’ve heard? Check out all our past episodes here, and be sure to subscribe so you never miss an episode of The Main Scoop™ series.

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, host Steven Dickens welcomes Clint Boulton Senior Advisor, Portfolio Marketing, APEX from Dell Technologies for a conversation on the power of Dell APEX and consumption-based multi-cloud strategies.

Their discussion covers how Dell APEX aims to offer a cost-effective and flexible Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) solution by aligning costs with actual consumption and addressing the scaling and cost-containment challenges often seen in Public Clouds. They discuss how the platform provides a comprehensive range of services, including storage, data protection, and multi-cloud options, designed to right-size infrastructure and workloads for efficiency an...

In this episode of The 5G Factor, our series that focuses on all things 5G, the IoT, and the ecosystem as a whole, The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall is joined by colleague and fellow analyst Olivier Blanchard for a look at the top 5G developments and what’s going on that caught our eye.

Their conversation focused on:

Overview of 5G-enabled Opportunities for AAA Game Studios. Cloud gaming, where you can play games hosted in remote data centers without owning any physical game disc or cartridge, has become a major growth area for the indust...

In this episode of The 5G Factor, our series that focuses on all things 5G, the IoT, and the ecosystem as a whole, I’m joined by my colleague and fellow analyst, Todd Weiss, for a look at the top 5G developments and what’s going on that caught our eye.

Our conversation focused on:

Nokia Driving Key PON-related 5G/Small Cell Innovations. The recent Fiber Connect 2023 event fully showed why fiber optics plays an essential role in 5G network builds and capabilities. Nokia, for instance, demonstrated its Build America, Buy America (BABA) compliance, 25G PON s...

A Review Of Key AI/Automotive Innovations by Qualcomm and Ethernovia Including The Selection Of The Snapdragon Platform For The 2025 Cadillac Escalade IQ

In this episode of The 5G Factor, our series that focuses on all things 5G, the IoT, and the ecosystem as a whole, The Futurum Group's Ron Westfall is joined by colleague and fellow analyst, Olivier Blanchard, for a look at the top 5G developments and what’s going on that caught our eye.

Their conversation underscored:

Qualcomm Spotlights Benefits of Running Gen AI on Devices. We see the cost of...

On this episode of Futurum Live! From the Show Floor, I am joined by SHARE President,  Scott Fagen, during the SHARE conference in New Orleans. We discussed the organization's efforts to evolve its offerings by introducing individual memberships and an expanded digital platform. Fagen revealed that there is pent-up international demand for SHARE’s content, prompting the creation of a learning management system for year-round access to educational material. He clarified that new features would only be available to individual members, and they're offering significant registration rate discounts for these members for future conferences.

International Reach: SHARE ide...

A Look into Recent vRAN Developments and How Key Players such as Marvell, Intel, Ericsson, Samsung, and Nokia Have Juiced vRAN Innovation

In this episode of The 5G Factor, our series that focuses on all things 5G, the IoT, and the ecosystem as a whole, The Futurum Group's Ron Westfall is joined by colleague and fellow analyst, Todd R. Weiss, for a look at the top 5G developments, including recent vRAN developments and how key players such as Marvell, Intel, Ericsson, Samsung, and Nokia Have Juiced vRAN innovation.

Our conversation underscored:

On this episode of Futurum Live! From the Show Floor, The Futurum Group's Steven Dickens talked with 21CS’s Eddy Ciliendo, Vice President of Business Development, during the SHARE Conference in New Orleans. Their conversation covered their partnership with IBM, why Cloud Data Management (CDM) matters and what’s next on the horizon for 21CS. It’s a great conversation you don’t want to miss.

Learn more at 21CS.

On this episode of Futurum Live! From the Show Floor, I talk with Josh Stiles, Implementation Specialist, Chris Hartley, Software Engineer at 21CS, during the SHARE Conference in New Orleans. Our conversation covered 21CS’s perspective on the future of Mainframe. Josh and Chris also share how both of them came to the Mainframe industry, how their careers have advanced by working at 21CS, and their advice for new IT graduates looking to enter the Mainframe industry. It’s a great conversation you don’t want to miss.

Learn more at 21CS.

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, host Daniel Newman welcomes Dell Technologies’ Chris Burkhart, Director, Outbound & Partner Marketing for Dell APEX for a conversation on the power of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and the challenges Dell is helping its customers overcome in multicloud management, scalability, compliance and sustainability.  

Their discussion covers:

We discuss the current state of multicloud management, and the key challenges Dell’s customers are facing

How IaaS helps businesses overcome their scalability and flexibility challenges

What benefits organizations can expect in regards to budgets and staff efficien...

On this episode of Futurum Live! From the Show Floor, The Futurum Group’s Steven Dickens talks with BMC Software’s David Jeffries, BMC IZOT’s VP of Research and Development, during the SHARE Conference in New Orleans. Their conversation covered BMC’s approach to current megatrends in technology and their impact on the Mainframe, as well as how BMC’s technologies will assist their customers in their mainframe transformation and their journey on the road to becoming an Autonomous Digital Enterprise. It’s a great conversation you don’t want to miss.

Learn more at BMC Software: http...

On this episode of Futurum Live! From the Show Floor, The Futurum Group’s Steven Dickens talks with Jeanne Glass, Founder and CEO of VirtualZ, about modern data access approaches that will accelerate getting mainframe data to the cloud for AI, BI and other business imperatives. We also covered how difficult it’s been for the mainframe and the cloud to share equivalent real-time data access across platforms, until VitrualZ.

Learn more about VirtualZ: https://virtualzcomputing.com/

In this episode of Live! From the Show Floor at SHARE New Orleans 2023, I talked with Lisa Schwab, COO and SVP of Sales at SVA Software, about how SVA Software impacts the mainframe industry and why a company would work with them. We also covered what makes their offering unique. Lisa shared some real-life examples with SVA Software’s most recent success story and the most exciting project for the technical team recently.

Learn more about SVA Software: https://www.svasoftware.com/

On this episode of Futurum Live! From the Show Floor, The Futurum Group’s Steven Dickens talks with BMC Software’s Principal Product Managers, Paul Spicer and Susan Rice, during the SHARE Conference in New Orleans. Their conversation covered observability and automation for Mainframe transformation, the Mainframe ecosystem and modernization. It’s a great conversation you don’t want to miss.

Learn more at BMC Software: https://www.bmc.com/

On this episode of Futurum Live! From the Show Floor, The Futurum Group’s Steven Dickens talks with BMC Software’s Tomer Zelberzvig, Senior Product Manager and Shari Killion, Senior Solutions Engineer during the SHARE Conference in New Orleans.

Their conversation covered hybrid cloud data protection and management for Mainframe data. It’s a great conversation you don’t want to miss.

Learn more at BMC Software: https://www.bmc.com/

On this episode of Futurum Live! From the Show Floor, The Futurum Group’s Steven Dickens talks with BMC Software’s Tony Anter, DevOps Architect & Evangelist and Tim Ceradsky, Director – Solutions Engineering, during the SHARE Conference in New Orleans. Their conversation covered megatrends for the modern Mainframe with DevOps. It’s a great conversation you don’t want to miss.

Learn more at BMC Software: https://www.bmc.com/

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, I am joined by Ross Sabolcik, SVP, Industrial and Commercial at Silicon Labs for a conversation on Industrial and Commercial IoT, AI, as well as smart cities and agriculture.

In our conversation, we discussed the following:

Most people think of “Smart Homes” and consumer electronics when it comes to the Internet of Things or IoT, so what exactly is Industrial and Commercial IoT? 

The current state of smart city concept adoption and how successful deployment is right now

What the impact AI is o...

In this episode of The 5G Factor, our series that focuses on all things 5G, the IoT, and the ecosystem as a whole, Ron Westfall and Steven Dickens take a look at the top 5G developments, and what’s going on that caught their eye, including the latest 5G sustainability and ESG.

Their discussion centered on:

Sustainability Takes Center Stage in Major CSP Decision Making. Communication service providers (or CSPs) are now better positioned to fulfill their sustainability missions, including ESG objectives, by actively managing a diverse range of ESG matters, including providing equitable access to con...

Technology's impact on the business landscape continues to evolve. As this unfolds, remember the trifecta of technology, process, and people are the key elements in a successful business strategy. Greg and Daniel welcome Rick Pittman, Vice President CIO Research at Info-Tech, to uncover people-centric strategies for building the talent pool of tomorrow.

In this episode of The 5G Factor, our series that focuses on all things 5G, the IoT, and the ecosystem as a whole, I’m joined by my colleague and fellow analyst, Todd Weiss, for a look at the top 5G developments and what’s going on that caught our eye.

Our discussion centered on:

Major CSP CapEx Snapshot: Spotlight on AT&T, DT/T-Mobile, Verizon, China Mobile, Vodafone, China Telecom. Global CSP capital expenditures (CapEx) for the rest of 2023 and partially into 2024 have more clarity with the major CSPs providing mixed projections that indicate mostl...

In this episode of the Infrastructure Matters Podcast, Camberley Bates and Krista Macomber discuss some news items below. They then highlight the need for a comprehensive approach to cyber resiliency that involves collaboration between various teams and continuous training to stay ahead of evolving cyber threats, and they touch on implications for technology and IT infrastructure.

Topics include: 

In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, Steven Dickens and Krista Macomber discuss zero-trust architecture and its implementation. They emphasize that zero-trust is not just a single product or tool but a concept that requires a combination of people, processes, and technologies. They also mention the importance of confidential computing in securing data in use and the need for a shared responsibility model when using cloud services. Additionally, IBM’s acquisition of Apptio and BMC’s new AMI Cloud portfolio are discussed.

Topics include: 

IBM’s acquisition of Apptio

BMC announcing its AMI Cloud portfol...

In this episode of the Infrastructure Matters Webcast we review the latest conferences including HPE Discover, Pure Storage Accelerate and MongoDB .local NYC. Plus, we explore the impact of generative AI on the industry– it is more than hype and it is here to stay. The Futurum Group’s Steven Dickens, VP and Practice Lead, Hybrid IT and Camberley Bates, VP and Practice Lead, Data Infrastructure give their views on how this market is evolving and what to expect in the coming months. 

Topics include: 

HPE Discover 2023 highlighted new GreenLake offerings for private cloud and large...

In this episode of The 5G Factor, our series that focuses on all things 5G, the IoT, and the ecosystem as a whole, The Futurum Group's Ron Westfall and Clint Wheelock take a look at the top 5G developments and what’s going on that caught our eye.

Their discussion centers on:

Qualcomm: The Future of AI is Hybrid. Qualcomm sees wireless and AI as two technologies that will synergistically fuel future innovations, including especially across the 5G ecosystem. For two generations now, Qualcomm has used AI to enhance modem-RF system performance across its Snapdragon Mo...

In this episode of The 5G Factor, our series that focuses on all things 5G, the IoT, and the ecosystem as a whole, I’m joined by my colleague and fellow analyst, Clint Wheelock, for a look at 5G news and what’s going on that caught our eye.

Our conversation focused on:

Qualcomm Calls for 5G to Standalone. In a recent blog, Qualcomm advocates that many of the key innovations in 5G require 5G Standalone (SA) — a network architecture that can allow new, differentiated services which can be monetized for new revenue streams. However, only 2...

In this vignette of The 5G Factor, Ron Westfall and Steve Dickens provide their perspective on Red Hat becoming the primary infrastructure platform for Nokia’s Core Network Applications.

The conversation focused on:

Red Hat Becomes the Primary Infrastructure Platform for Nokia's Core Network Applications. Nokia and Red Hat reached an agreement to integrate Nokia’s core network applications with Red Hat OpenStack Platform and RedHat OpenShift. 350 personnel at Nokia will be transferring to Red Hat as Nokia moves on from developing the platforms that host its software. The duo will jointly support and evolve exist...

In this vignette of The 5G Factor, Ron Westfall and Steve Dickens provide their perspective on HPE completing its acquisition of private wireless specialist Athonet and its impact on the private 5G market segment and the overall 5G ecosystem.

The conversation focused on:

HPE Completes Acquisition of Private 5G Specialist Athonet. With the acquisition of Athonet, HPE sets the company’s sights on bringing private 5G and WiFi together to augment and innovate enterprise connectivity including using HPE GreenLeke’s edge compute and security/SASE portfolio assets. HPE’s Aruba portfolio is already widely deployed througho...

In this vignette of The 5G Factor, Ron Westfall and Steve Dickens provide their perspective on Azure for Operators strategic commitment to build 5G modern connected applications across edge environments.

The conversation focused on:

Azure for Operators: Build 5G Modern Connected Apps at the Edge. Azure for Operators (AfO) is targeting the advancement of 5G modern connected apps across cloud computing fabrics, especially the edge. AfO bring Azure Public MEC, which leverages the mobile operator’s public 5G network connectivity, and Azure Private MEC, which brings the power of the cloud to the enterprise's own infr...

In this episode of The 5G Factor, our series that focuses on all things 5G, the IoT, and the ecosystem as a whole, I’m joined by my colleague and fellow analyst, Steven Dickens for a look at 5G news and what’s going on that caught our attention.

Our conversation focused on:

Red Hat Becomes the Primary Infrastructure Platform for Nokia's Core Network Applications. Nokia and Red Hat reached an agreement to integrate Nokia’s core network applications with Red Hat OpenStack Platform and RedHat OpenShift. 350 personnel at Nokia will be transferring to Red Hat as N...

Today’s headlines are awash with reports of cloud repatriation. Some surveys show over 70% of IT respondents move some workloads, or data, back to on-premise infrastructure. Many business and technology considerations underpin this trend. Join Greg and Daniel as they host David Linthicum from Deloitte Consulting to unpack what’s behind these headlines and the impact on overall IT architecture decision-making.

It was a great conversation and one you don’t want to miss. Like what you’ve heard? Check out Episode One of The Main Scoop, Episode Two of the Main Scoop, Episode Three of The Main Scoop...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, I’m joined by Gunnar Hellekson, GM and VP of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for a candid and transparent conversation about CentOS Stream and the future of public RHEL-related source code releases.

Our discussion covers:

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, we address the topic of Automotive Ethernet innovation and why it is essential to meeting the fast-evolving demands of automotive switches that support the zonal architectures of next-generation software-defined vehicles. Optimized for the most advanced automotive architectures, the BrightLane Q6223 switch delivers 90 Gbps of bandwidth, nearly double the capacity of today’s available automotive switches.

The new switch family also includes a combination of advanced security features not found together in any other automotive switch product. The Brightlane Q622x family incorporates IEEE 802.1AE-2018-compliant Media Access Cont...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, I’m joined by Actian’s Emma McGrattan, SVP of Engineering & Products for a conversation on how to put your data to work and get the most value, and how Actian is differentiating itself to drive businesses and their applications into the future.

Our discussion covers:

In this inaugural installment of Infrastructure Matters, we established the basis of the podcast - why does infrastructure matter in a cloud-crazed world? Co-hosts Steven Dickens, Camberley Bates, and Krista Macomber shared their individual takes on why infrastructure matters and shared key insights from events they have recently attended.

Our conversation covered the following:

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, we address the topic of 5G private networks innovation and why it is vital to advancing enterprise connectivity. By replacing wired connections with wireless and unifying existing wireless connections, 5G private networks are increasingly simplifying and optimizing digital technology deployment at scale throughout industrial sites.

My guests today are Olivier Coutelou, Group Senior Expert, Schneider Electric, Fotis Karonis, Group Leader 5G & Edge Computing, Capgemini, and George Tsirtsis, Senior Director, Technology, Qualcomm Technologies International, Ltd. Olivier, Fotis, and George are new guests to the show, and incisively share th...

It’s been said that 40% of all businesses will die in the next 10 years… if they don’t figure out how to change their entire company to accommodate new technologies. Large language models are driving the next generation of AI with predictions of massive industry disruption. But like any new technology, this new class of generative AI is raising issues of trust along with the need for more data types–especially in highly regulated industries like healthcare. Join Greg and Daniel as they host Dr. Andreea Bodnari from UnitedHealth Group to explore the pervasive use of generative AI across the healt...

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast Interview Series, I speak with Ken Exner, the VP of Product at Elastic. We discussed Elastic's role in the open-source community and its connection to the company's wider strategy. Exner explains that Elasticsearch, an open-source search and indexing technology, gained popularity and enabled Elastic to expand into different industries. We then discussed the relationship between open source and commercial interests, highlighting the increasing use of Elasticsearch in the context of AI.

Our conversation covered:

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast Interview Series, I had the opportunity to speak with Ash Kulkarni, the CEO of Elastic, about the company's upcoming sales kickoff and the challenges faced by its customers. During our conversation, Ash highlighted the positive momentum they have experienced at Elastic over the past year. The company has successfully released new products and formed partnerships with hyper-scaler partners, resulting in significant progress.

Elastic’s customers have expressed their desire to achieve more with less, leveraging insights from both structured and unstructured data in real-time. As enterprises seek a platform th...

In this episode of The 5G Factor, our series that focuses on all things 5G, the IoT, and the ecosystem as a whole, I’m joined by my colleague and fellow analyst, Ron Westfall for a look at 5G news and what’s going on that caught our attention this week.

Our conversation touched on:

Nokia and Future Tech Partner for Private 5G. The announcement by Nokia and Future Technologies of their collaboration on private 5G in the U.S. Federal market. The companies have been awarded several multi-year, multi-million dollar contracts to provide private 5G so...

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast Interview Series, Steven Dickens is joined by Eddy Ciliendo, Chief Strategy Officer for Model9 for a conversation about the magic behind Model9’s technology and how that translates to solving customer challenges.

So what is the “secret sauce” behind Model 9’s solutions? That’s exactly what they covered in this conversation. Here are some of the highlights:

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast Interview Series, analyst Steven Dickens is joined by Eddy Ciliendo, Chief Strategy Officer for Model9 for a about the performance of Model9’s cloud solution.

So how fast is fast? That’s exactly what they covered in this conversation. Here are some of the highlights:

Eddy opens the conversation by explaining the physics behind Model9’s powerful performance.

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, we address the topic of cloud optics innovation and why it is critical to fulfilling the emerging demands in next generation AI/ML systems. Marvell’s new Nova offering, a 1.6T PAM4 DSP optimized for high-performance fabrics in AI/ML environments, focuses on delivering breakthroughs in optical connectivity by enabling the highest speed of data movement in cloud AI/ML and data center networks. Powered by a groundbreaking 200 Gbps/lambda optical DSP, Nova doubles the optical bandwidth of current solutions to enable 1.6 Tbps pluggable modules for scaling AI clusters. Nova...

In this episode of The 5G Factor, Shelly Kramer and fellow analyst Ron Westfall took a look at the recent developments in the 5G ecosystem that we think you might want to know about. 

Their conversation covered:

In this video, I share my thoughts on Microsoft’s Dynamics 365 Copilot and the benefits of new technologies, like Generative AI, to increase productivity for businesses– especially sales and marketing organizations. As businesses look to new technologies to enable their sales and marketing teams to be more successful, and provide better customer service, especially in the current economic landscape– I believe solutions like Microsoft’s Dynamic 365 Copilot are providing powerful tools to do more with less.

This webcast covers:

Daniel Newman, CEO of The Futurum Group, and Joe Doria, CMO of Broadcom Mainframe Software, talk with Tarun Chopra, Vice President of IBM Cloud and Data at IBM, to talk about how the rise of generative AI driven by Chat-GPT, DALL-E, and others has reimagined how to unlock new value. But like any new technology, organizations must be able to scale to meet core business needs. Learn how to get the most value from these models across your business.

It was a great conversation and one you don’t want to miss. Like what you’ve heard? Chec...

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, host Shelly Kramer had the chance to have a conversation with Sandrina Sieverdingbeck, Head of Strategy & Corporate Development for Salzgitter AG, and Stefan Weisenberger, head of the Mill Products & Mining business unit for SAP about the drive for green steel for a fascinating conversation about sustainability and the drive for green steel, and how Salzgitter AG is leading the transformation to a low carbon steel industry. 

Sustainability and the shift to a low carbon industry is a topic that’s top of mind in the mill & mining industry, so it...

In this episode of The 5G Factor Shelly Kramer is joined by colleague and fellow analyst Ron Westfall to talk all things related to 5G, the IoT, and the ecosystem as a whole.

Their conversation covered the following:

This is a great conversation you won't want to miss!

Download Futurum's 5G Sustainability Market Insight Report here: https://futurumresearch.com/ma...

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast host Shelly Kramer is joined by George Koutsaftes, President and CEO of Honeywell Safety and Productivity Solutions for a conversation about the future of warehouses. George joined me from ProMat, one of the biggest manufacturing and supply chain tradeshows, which took place in Chicago last week, and in addition to talking about the future of dark warehouses, he also shared insights on some of the key trends he’s observed there. 

We live in an increasingly digital economy, which includes a massive web of packaging, shipping, warehousing, and distribution des...

On this episode of Futurum Live! From the Show Floor, Futurum Research Senior Analyst Steven Dickens talks with BMC Software's Principal Product Manager, Paul Spicer, during the SHARE Conference in Atlanta. Their conversation covered the state of AIOps in mainframe environments and what BMC is bringing to the table.

It's a great conversation you don't want to miss. 

Learn more about BMC Software at https://www.bmc.com/.

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On this episode of Futurum Live! From the Show Floor, Futurum Research Senior Analyst Steven Dickens talks with BMC Software's Principal Product Manager, Paul Spicer, and Ensono’s Expert Mainframe System Programmer, Paul Buchanan, during the SHARE Conference in Atlanta. Their conversation covered the client perspective of AIOps integration, and how skills play into its adoption.

It's a great conversation you don't want to miss. 

Learn more about BMC Software at https://www.bmc.com/.

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, host Shelly Kramer is joined by Jeffrey Hausman, Product Officer at Samsara, for a conversation focused on how organizations are using AI and digitization to operate more efficiently, safely, and sustainably.

In the last decade, we’ve gone through a period of unprecedented change. Everything is connected. Organizations have trillions of data points at their fingertips to make decisions faster, increasing productivity and efficiency in the process. But it can often feel overwhelming — and with good reason. Hausman shared that there are some 4+ trillion data points collected annually, and 2+ milli...

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, host Shelly Kramer is joined by Thomas John VP of Partner Sales International for Five9 for a conversation that’s increasingly popular today: Partner ecosystems. 

Why is this such a hot topic these days? It’s pretty simple: in our current business environment, businesses rarely operate purely on their own. Today, we have tech partners, channel partners, integrators, collaborators, and many more players within a partner ecosystem who work together to deliver best-in-class customer experiences and equally best-in-class solutions for customers across the board. 

So why are these...

Daniel Newman and Joe Doria, CMO of Broadcom Mainframe Software, spend time with Joe Schuler, Vice President at Mastercard to discuss the future of payments and payment rails. Digital payment technology is crucial to empowering economies and individuals; and fundamental to the future growth of digital commerce. The key to successful digital payments is the customer experience, and everyone in the ecosystem must evolve to make it work.

It was a great conversation and one you don’t want to miss. Like what you’ve heard? Check out Episode One of The Main Scoop, Episode Two of the Ma...

In this episode of our Futurum Live! From the Show Floor Video Series, Shelly Kramer had a great conversation at Enterprise Connect 2023 with Salesforce's Sameer Abhinkar, Director, Product Management, Service Cloud Einstein. Her conversation with Sameer followed his keynote session, where he shared product updates on Salesforce's Einstein GPT.

Sameer walked us through the key elements of his keynote presentation, explaining what Einstein GPT is and how customers are using and can be using it.

They explored some use cases that customers are asking for, and where they can see some immediate benefit with Einstein...

At Enterprise Connect 2023 held in Orlando last week, Shelly Kramer had the opportunity to chat with Salesforce’s Ryan Nichols, SVP & GM of Contact Center as part of our Futurum Live! From the Show Floor video interview series. 

Her conversation with Ryan was terrific and centered on the following:

* This is a contact center show – what is Salesforce doing at Enterprise Connect? 

* Thoughts on what customers are looking for in Salesforce as it relates to all things customer engagement

* What companies are thinking about — and perhaps should be considering — as they are consid...

In this episode of our Live! From the Show Floor Video Series, Shelly Kramer had the chance to sit down at Enterprise Connect 2023 this week with Zoom’s Global CIO Gary Sorrentino as part of our Futurum Live! From the Show Floor video series for a quick catch up. Our conversation revolved around the following:

In this episode of our Live! From the Show Floor Video Series, here at Enterprise Connect 2023 in Orlando, Futurum’s Shelly Kramer sits down with Geoff Huang, VP Solutions & Product Marketing for a quick catch-up on Webex by Cisco’s many announcements this week.

This included:

Daniel Newman, a founding partner and Chief Analyst at Futurum Research, shares his insights on Amazon’s announcement that Sidewalk is now open for developers. He gives a brief overview of what Amazon Sidewalk is, the three key wireless technologies it’s using including Semtech’s LoRa® technology, and what it means for device connectivity and consumer IoT. 

He also covers some of the first third-party Amazon Sidewalk products, which are now available, that were also announced today. 

Learn more about today’s announcement from Amazon here: 
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/amazon-invites-developers-test-sidewalk-125900528.html

Learn...

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, host Shelly Kramer is joined by Carsten Storm, Head of Marketplace for the SAP Digital Experiences team for a conversation around our latest report: 2022 B2B Digital Buyers’ Journey: Forces Shaping the Future of Enterprise Procurement, done in partnership with SAP.

In 2019, our team at Futurum Research collaborated with SAP to understand the trends, practices, and challenges in relation to the digital buying of enterprise software solutions. That first edition of the report offered an inside look at the shift that was happening within procurement. But then, our world un...

On this episode of The 5G Factor, part of The Futurum Tech Webcast, Shelly Kramer is joined by fellow analyst and colleague Ron Westfall to talk about 5G network builds and some of the things 5G network decision-makers should consider when they are focused on things like streamlined builds, operational capabilities that provide AI-powered intelligence and end to end automation, along with all things sustainability, which is a key business focus today. And when we mention sustainability, that includes sustainability in operations, sustainable systems overall, and sustainable architecture.

Thinking all things 5G networks means that we’re go...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, I am joined by Chris Hollies, CTO Oracle Practice for Capgemini UK and David Cottee, Senior Director Solution Engineering at Oracle.  

In our conversation covered the following:

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast Interview Series, I am joined by Ignacio Contreras, Senior Director Product Marketing at Qualcomm Technologies to talk about AI, next generation modem technology, and more.

In our conversation, we discussed the following:

Hosts Daniel Newman and Joe Doria welcome special guest Mark Wilson, Founder and Technical Director at Vertali. Together they cover the wide-ranging implications of transforming your security posture and why it matters to your digital strategy and business reputation.

It was a great conversation and one you don’t want to miss. Like what you’ve heard? Check out Episode One of The Main Scoop, Episode Two of the Main Scoop, Episode Three of the Main Scoop, Episode Four of the Main Scoop, Episode Five of the Main Scoop,  Episode Six of the Main Scoop, and Episode Seven of the M...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – The Power of Tech Education Series, host Daniel Newman is joined by Eric Fusilero, Vice President of Global Enablement and Education at Splunk, for Part Two of the series, to talk about how Splunk is contributing to tech education and working to close the skills gap in the industry.

Their conversation covers:

* How the journey of continuous improvement enables learners to increase job satisfaction, among other benefits

* The challenges with the technological skills gap, and what Splunk is contributing to close the gap

* Ho...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – The Power of Tech Education Series, I am joined by Eric Fusilero, Vice President of Global Enablement and Education, and Dustin Eastman, a Sales Engineer at Splunk, for our third and final part of the series, to hear the first hand experience of an end user in technology and how specific education and certifications are helping him on his journey.

Our conversation covers:

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – The Power of Tech Education Series, I am joined by Eric Fusilero, Vice President of Global Enablement and Education at Splunk. This is Part One of a new video series to talk about the state of technology education and why it is pivotal to both organizational and end user success.

Our conversation covers:

On this episode of Futurum Live! From the Show Floor, Futurum Research Senior Analyst Steven Dickens talks Scott Fagen, President of SHARE. Their conversation covered Scott’s vision for SHARE in the future, where the organization is headed, and what people can expect from SHARE New Orleans in August.

It's a great conversation you don't want to miss. 

Learn more about SHARE on their website.

On this episode of Futurum Live! From the Show Floor, Futurum Research Senior Analyst Steven Dickens talks with 21st Century Software's CEO, Nicholas Pachnos, during the SHARE Conference in Atlanta. Their conversation covered 21st Century’s efforts to connect with younger generations entering the IT workforce, where they fit into the mainframe, and how AI is affecting their modernization agenda.

It's a great conversation you don't want to miss.

Learn more at 21st Century Software’s website.

On this episode of Futurum Live! From the Show Floor, Futurum Research Senior Analyst Steven Dickens talks with Rocket Software's Phil Buckellew, President of Infrastructure Modernization Business Unit, during the SHARE Conference in Atlanta. Their conversation covered Rocket Software’s hybrid cloud approach to solving modernization challenges, their broad portfolio and deep technical expertise, and what makes them a viable long-term strategic partner.

It's a great conversation you don't want to miss.

Learn more about Rocket Software here.

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, Futurum Research Senior Analyst Steven Dickens talks with BMC Software's VP of Research and Development, David Jeffries, during the SHARE Conference in Atlanta. Their conversation covered BMC’s efforts with their own development team to prioritize automation and modern tools to improve the developer experience.

It's a great conversation you don't want to miss.

Learn more at BMC Software.

On this episode of Futurum Live! From the Show Floor, Futurum Research Senior Analyst Steven Dickens talks with BMC Software's DevOps Evangelist, Tony Anter and Lead Project Manager, Mark Schettenhelm during the SHARE Conference in Atlanta. Their conversation covered the importance of improving the developer experience, eliminating the silos between distributed and mainframe application development, and the delivery of modern tooling to help customers improve the experience to deliver innovation faster. 

It's a great conversation you don't want to miss.

Learn more at BMC Software.

In this episode of Futurum Live! From the Show Floor, Futurum Research Senior Analyst Steven Dickens talks with Model9's Chief Strategy Officer, Eddy Ciliendo, during the SHARE Conference in Atlanta. Their conversation covered Model9's success in 2022 and how they reached 100% customer retention. It's a great conversation you don't want to miss.

Learn more at model9.io

In this Futurum Live! From the Show Floor at Mobile World Congress 2023, Shelly Kramer joined by Rod Forter, Senior Director, Business Development with Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. for a conversation about one of Qualcomm’s latest releases: Qualcomm Aware Platform. 

Qualcomm Aware Platform, released the week before MWC 2023, is designed to address ecosystem fragmentation and empower developers and enterprises to harness real-time information to accelerate their digital transformation programs. So, what do teams need to know about this new release? That’s exactly what Rod and Shelly discussed.

The conversation covered:

·       A general overview of Qualcomm A...

In this Futurum Live! From the Show Floor at Mobile World Congress 2023, Shelly Kramer is joined by Meredith Alexander, Senior Manager, Product Marketing and Kishore Sannidhanam, Vice President Industry Advisors, Communications & Media for Salesforce for a conversation about what is happening in the communications industry, and what organizations need to know to adapt.

The conversation revolved around:

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, I am joined by Ray Smith, Vice President of Supply Chain at Microsoft, to talk about Microsoft’s latest offering.

Our conversation covers:

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, host Daniel Newman is joined by Shaun McCarthy, President of North American Sales at Nokia, to talk about Nokia’s strategy and what’s ahead for the future.

Their conversation covers:

Shaun’s first impressions in his exciting new role

Key sales and corporate strategies at Nokia

Current market opportunities

What sets Nokia apart from their competitors

Customer impressions and success stories

What’s ahead for Team Nokia

It’s a great conversation, and one you...

This episode of The Main Scoop discusses the constantly changing regulatory and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) landscape and the difficulties organizations face in increasing value for stakeholders. IT leaders must formulate plans to reduce risk and enhance value throughout their companies. Rebecca Levesque, President and Chief Revenue Officer of 21st Century Software, joins Greg and Daniel as they explore the need for a comprehensive approach to address the new factors that influence brand value and trust.

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast -- Interview Series, I am joined by Marne Martin, President of Service Management, EAM & Global Industry at IFS, for a conversation about service management in the global market.

Our conversation covers:

This episode of The Main Scoop brings forward a new perspective on the efficacy of enterprise technology investments from studying the IT portfolio and performance profiles of over 2,000 organizations.

Joining Greg and Daniel is Dr. Howard Rubin, Founder of Rubin Worldwide and a strategic advisor to many of the world’s largest enterprises and by multiple heads of state. You'll learn how organizations can apply risk and performance-based IT investment principles that maximize business outcomes.

Is your technology investment portfolio optimized to deliver the most value?  Join us to learn more.

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, Shelly Kramer is joined by Danielle Shields, Head of Sales, Americas and Tim Steward, Principal Data Enterprise Architect for Fujitsu for a conversation on open source software and the value it can deliver, especially when organizations are focused on the speed of innovation. They also took a look at Fujitsu’s Enterprise Postgres solution and the impact it’s having in the market.

The IT infrastructure landscape has shifted quite a bit in recent years, with an increased understanding of and interest in open source software. In fact, Red Hat’s...

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, I’m joined by Susan Sharpe, from Dell Technologies Product Management team, to talk about developments in AIOps software and Dell’s CloudIQ offering.

This was an incredibly timely conversation. Our research shows that IT organizations have long been trying to do more with less, and even more so now given the challenging macroeconomic conditions and ongoing labor shortages and skill shortages. Business environments are scaling, distributing, and getting more complex, and the challenges sometimes seem never-ending. So how do organizations and their IT handle all of this without losin...

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, Shelly Kramer is joined by Carol Wilder, Vice President of Integrated Solutions for Dell Technologies, to talk about the latest in AIOps.

IT teams today are under an immense amount of pressure. They are trying to drive their digital transformation journeys forward, they are trying to simplify their operations in on-prem infrastructure, protecting data in the cloud, dealing with massive amounts of data that is growing at an exponential rate — and they are also focused on ways to do more with less. If you’re in IT, you’re probab...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, Futurum principal analyst Daniel Newman is at CES 2023 and joined by Durga Malladi, Qualcomm's Senior Vice President and General Manager of Modem and Infrastructure at Qualcomm. Their conversation covers:

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, Futurum principal analyst Daniel Newman is joined by Intel’s Kavitha Prasad for a conversation on the expansion of AI and how Intel’s CPU architecture provides adequate infrastructure for this rapidly developing market niche.

This webcast is sponsored by Intel.

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, principal analyst Shelly Kramer is joined by Wendy Underhill, Field Chief of Maintenance at California Department of Water Resources and Rich Padula, Founder of Mirata Software for a conversation about everybody’s favorite things: paperwork, manual forms, and how ditching manual forms can play an outsized role in improving business processes and reducing headaches for the folks who manage those processes.

On this special episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, part of the HPE Executive Insights Series, I am joined by Daniel Frye, Vice President, Enterprise CISO for HPE. In this conversation we dive into what exactly is an edge-to-cloud security strategy and why it’s crucial in today’s marketplace.

In our conversation, we discussed the following:

Securi...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, we’re going to space! I’m thrilled have Jono Luk, VP of Product Management for Webex as my guest and we’re going to talk about space exploration and how collaboration and voice technology are starting to play an increasingly important role in space exploration.

First, some background. Orion is the most advanced spacecraft ever developed to carry astronauts to the moon. What’s exciting is that voice activation and collaboration technology can take it to the next level by enabling interactive computer systems to become ready for the next...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, Futurum principal analyst Shelly Kramer is joined by Richard Pascoe, VP of Consulting Services at Applexus Technologies. Our conversation focused on taking your vendor invoice management solution up a notch.

Accounts payable and vendor invoice management processes can be difficult to manage. With fragmented systems and multiple teams involved, the end-to-end invoice processing system can be full of headaches for the entire organization. So, what can organizations do to optimize their processes? That’s exactly what Richard and Shelly talked about. Some of the conversation highlights include:

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, Futurum principal analyst Daniel Newman is joined by Brian Richardson, Security Marketing Lead for Intel Data Center & AI (DCAI) Marketing Product Strategy. Their conversation takes a look at the security market and what enterprise IT leaders need to be aware of for the future.

In our conversation, we discussed the following:

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, Shelly Kramer, principal analyst and founding partner of Futurum Research, is joined by Manu Vohra, Managing Director, Global Life Sciences for Box, for a conversation on collaboration in the life sciences industry.

In the last decade, the life sciences industry has undergone significant digital transformation. The industry is also facing increased market pressures, is collectively navigating new (and sometimes ever-changing) regulations, and, of course, has been fueled by the need to navigate a global pandemic. As a result, it’s become paramount for all players in the life sciences in...

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, Interview Series, I’m joined by Martin Bitzinger, Senior Vice President, Product Management for Mitel, who oversees Mitel’s product portfolio and product marketing, including UC platforms, applications, and devices for a conversation about trends in Unified Communications (UC), the many challenges customers face in leveling up their business comms, and a look at what’s ahead for Mitel.

Mitel is an industry stalwart, with a long history, a reputation for a laser focus on innovation, and its deep penetration in enterprise telephony. Our conversation today covered the following:

On this episode of The Main Scoop, co-hosts Greg Lotko and Daniel Newman are joined by Meral Temel, Mainframe Platform Leader at JFORCE, to discuss the opportunities and risks when pursuing an operational excellence strategy to achieve the highest levels of service to customers.

They also provide insights into how operational excellence is a mindset permeating an organization's technology, people, and culture. 

Has your organization determined what it means to be operationally excellent? Learn more about how this will improve the customer experience.

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, I am joined by Christian Floerkemeier, CTO, VP Product and Co-founder of Scandit for a conversation about data, the employee experience, customer experience, and how smart data capture can make a difference in the enterprise. 

In our conversation, we discussed the following:

Marvell Technologies continues to power innovation across its custom ASIC portfolio using 3nm, customization, and chiplet IP advances to provide optimized performance, power & area breakthroughs, and maximized returns on investments. Futurum’s Ron Westfall and Marvell’s Hugh Durden explore why Marvell’s custom ASIC offerings fulfill the intricate, high-speed, high-performance silicon requirements of next generation 5G operators, cloud data centers, enterprises, and automotive applications as well as how Marvell’s custom capabilities provide the foundation for driving portfolio-wide innovation.

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, host Daniel Newman is joined by Joe Burton, CEO for Telesign. Their conversation explores the security challenges brands are facing in the identity space and how Telesign can help organizations overcome these challenges.

In the conversation, they discussed the following:

It was a great conversation on a time...

In this Futurum Live! From the Show Floor at Tanium Converge 2022 Luis Cunha, Director, Security Architecture & Engineering for APTIV, joins Futurum principal analyst Shelly Kramer. Their conversation revolved around increased cloud adoption and the rise in remote work, and the challenges IT teams face in bridging the gap between Security and IT Ops. APTIV has been using Tanium now for seven years, and Cunha shared real world insights into how he and his team at APTIV were able to navigate the shift to remote work, as well as the bottom-line benefits APTIV has been able to realize from using...

In this Futurum Live! From the Show Floor at Tanium Converge 2022 Ron Tinkler, Assistant Diector of IT at Informatics Merseyside with NHS, joins Futurum principal analyst Shelly Kramer. Managing IT operations at a large number of healthcare facilities throughout the UK is no easy task, especially given the attractiveness of the healthcare sector to nefarious threat actors. And legacy systems, change-resistant IT teams, and third-party software tools present considerable challenges, even to the most intrepid IT leaders. Tinkler shared his insights on how NHS Informatics Merseyside, a relatively new customer of Tanium, is quickly realizing some impressive wins by...

In this Futurum Live! From the Show Floor at Tanium Converge 2022 Anil Nomula, Associate Vice President and Global Enterprise Architect for Genpact, joins Futurum principal analyst Shelly Kramer. Their conversation centered on how the professional services organization — which has experienced incredibly rapid growth over the last decade plus, growing from 19,000 employees in 2005 to over 100,000 in 2021 — managed to pivot quickly and securely support a global workforce with over 100,000 endpoints in 70 locations around the world in a short period of time using Tanium’s cloud-based suite. The pivot wasn’t without challenges, which Anil shared, but it did manage to drastically reduce t...

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, Shelly Kramer, principal analyst and founding partner of Futurum Research, is joined by Chris Haydon, former president of SAP Procurement Solutions, and more recently, a consultant and current board member of ConvergentIS, for a conversation about taking procurement processes to the next level and the benefits that organizations can realize along the way.

For starters, let’s be real: procurement processes are by no means a sexy part of business, but they are an incredibly necessary one. And, based on what we’re seeing the market, outdated methods for sour...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, I am joined by Raju Vegesna, Chief Evangelist for Zoho for a conversation around the growth of Zoho’s finance platform, Zoho Books.

In our conversation, we discussed the following:

It was a great conversation on an incredibly important topic , and one you won’t want to miss. To learn more about Zoho, Zoho One, and Zoho Books, check out thei...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, I am joined by Chris Jacobs, Vice President & General Manager of Embedded Market Segments for Micron’s Embedded Business Unit. Our conversation takes a look at the cybersecurity market and what challenges lie ahead for the IoT and automation sectors.

In our conversation, we discussed the following:

It was...

In this episode of The 5G Factor, a production of the Futurum Tech Webcast, Futurum Research principal analyst and founding partner Shelly Kramer is joined by fellow analyst Ron Westfall to talk all things 5G, IoT, and the news and happenings in that ecosystem. Their conversation covers:

Qualcomm and Vodafone build on previous commitments related to 5G Open RAN prospects. Qualcomm and Vodafone announced plans to develop, test, and integrate next gen 5G distributed units (DUs), and Radio Unit (RU) with Massive MIMO capabilities, intended to help deliver the commercial deployment of Open RAN in Europe.

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast – Interview Series, part of the HPE Executive Insights Series, I am joined by Darren Perks, Global Hosting Infrastructure Operations Leader at PwC, and Vishal Lall, SVP & GM at HPE GreenLake Cloud Services Solutions, for a conversation focusing on modernization and business model challenges in the industry.

In our conversation we discussed the following:

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, principal analyst Shelly Kramer is joined by Allan Pym, Chief Operating Officer at APOS, for a conversation on the challenges making the most of business data presents for organizations, and how APOS Live Data Gateway is helping solve those challenges — and in real time.

We all know that data is crucial for today’s organizations. From sales and marketing to manufacturing and maintenance, smart organizations need data to make decisions in real time. However, with so much data being gathered in so many different places, it can often feel impos...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, I am joined by Don Schuerman, CTO at Pega. Our conversation takes a look at the AI industry and how organizations can expect to incorporate AI into their business practices in the future for better customer experiences.

In our conversation, we discussed the following:

It was a...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast — Interview Series, host Daniel Newman is joined by Groq CEO, Jonathan Ross, for a conversation about the future of AI accelerators and how this technology can help organizations reduce uncertainty.

Their discussion includes:

It’s an...

On this episode of The Main Scoop, co-hosts Greg Lotko and Daniel Newman are joined by April Hickel, Vice President of Intelligent z Solutions Strategy at BMC to discuss the success factors for reimagining the customer experience in driving growth and better business outcomes.

They also provide insights on the role of the mainframe, as well as risks organizations face if they do not invest in improving their customer journeys.

Has your organization taken their CX to the next level leveraging the mainframe? Learn more about how this will drive more growth for the long...

On this episode of The Main Scoop, co-hosts Greg Lotko and Daniel Newman are joined by April Hickel, Vice President of Intelligent z Solutions Strategy at BMC to discuss the success factors for reimagining the customer experience in driving growth and better business outcomes.

They also provide insights on the role of the mainframe, as well as risks organizations face if they do not invest in improving their customer journeys.

Has your organization taken their CX to the next level leveraging the mainframe? Learn more about how this will drive more growth for the long...

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, I’m joined by Matt Nolan, Senior Director of Product Marketing, Decision Sciences, to talk about one of my favorite topics: data, analytics, and how you can use them to provide customers with top notch experiences. We also explore Pega’s latest product release: Pega Customer Data Connectors — which I see as a definite gamechanger for organizations in every industry.

For consumers, whether B2B or B2C, experiences can be the difference between a closed sale and a lost revenue opportunity, and sometimes even the difference between a loyal c...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series I am joined by Joe Burton, CEO for Telesign. Our conversation takes a look at the growing challenges organizations face regarding digital identity, customer onboarding, account integrity and zero-trust solutions.

In our conversation we discussed the following:

It was a great conversation on a timely topic and one you won’t want to miss. To l...

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, I’m joined by Brian McGlynn, General Manager of Commerce Solutions at Coveo to talk about one of my favorite topics: customer experience. And in this instance, we’re discussing customer experience in the ecommerce ecosystem.

Before we get started, some background. We’ve witnessed some major shifts in the last few years as it relates to customer experience. Customers are more savvy than ever before, they’re more demanding than ever before, they are more impatient than ever before, and they have more options than ever before. The onus on...

In this inaugural episode of The Big Ideas Series, a production of the Futurum Tech Webcast devoted to companies who are driving innovation and helping their customers do big things, I’m joined by Kathleen Taggart, Intelligent Automation Strategist for DataXstream. Our conversation today explores how AI-powered tech is changing the game for wholesale distributors at a time when they need every advantage they can get.

So much has changed in the last few years for wholesale distribution. With the supply chain in a state of constant flux, the pressure is on for wholesaler distributors to offer fa...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series I am joined by Valerio Filauro, Vice President, Product Management, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. Our conversation takes a look at RFFE ecosystem and Qualcomm’s RFFE solution in the 5G smartphone segment.

In our conversation we discussed the following:

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series I am joined by Daren Finney, Senior Vice President, Global Channels for Mitel. Our conversation takes a look at how customer lifecycle management can be a game-changer for UC vendors and also their customers.

In our conversation we discussed the following:

In this episode of Good Equals Progress, our webcast focusing on all things sustainability and beyond, I’m joined by Jeff Harvey, Senior Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer, Industry Cloud/SAP Customer Success at SAP, for a fascinating and timely conversation about carbon emissions reduction.

Organizations of all sizes have felt increasing pressure from consumers and regulatory bodies to slash carbon emissions. Many have made pledges to get to net zero carbon by 2050, which is great. The challenge here is that it’s not at all clear — for most organizations, anyway — as to exactly how to go about...

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, Interview Series, our conversation today centers on an increasingly relevant topic operational resiliency, operational efficiency, and sustainability.

We all know that organizations today are dealing with a number of disruptions. From the supply chain to staffing, we are seeing an increased need for resiliency, or the ability to adapt to continue meet expectations. We are also seeing an increased need for greater operational efficiency, or the ability to do more with less. As if those pressures weren’t enough, many organizations are beginning to develop sustainability initiatives. They are try...

On this episode of The Main Scoop, co-hosts Greg Lotko and Daniel Newman are joined by John Mertic, Director, Open Mainframe Project to discuss how fundamental "open" approaches are to growing business, and innovating with technologies across platform ecosystems. They also provide insights and reveal what's going on with open mainframe projects, how organizations are generating new value, and what the future of open looks like.

Our conversation also covered the following:

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series I am joined by Nakul Duggal, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Automotive for Qualcomm to talk about Qualcomm’s first ever Automotive Investor Day, which was held last week in New York City.

In our conversation we discussed the following:

Qualcomm has made some significant inroads in the automoti...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series I am joined by Ashley Still, Senior Vice President Digital Media/Marketing, Strategy & Partnerships for Adobe. Our conversation takes a look at Adobe’s acquisition of Figma, which was announced earlier this month.

In our conversation we discussed the following:

During the conv...

In this episode of Good Equals Progress, a Futurum Research webcast focusing on all things sustainability and beyond, Shelly Kramer, principal analyst and founding partner at Futurum is joined by junior analyst and colleague Lauren Kirkpatrick, to talk about Amazon.

This was a big week for Amazon and sustainability initiatives, alliances, and announcements, and we touched on some of them. For starters, Climate Week – it’s billed as the biggest climate event on Earth and is all about driving climate action, fast.

Amazon was both a sponsor and a participant at the Climate Week 2022 event held...

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, we tackle the topic of why hardware security module (HSM) adapter technology, including HSM-as-a-service, is vital to ensuring general purpose and payment processing security across today’s multi-cloud environments. Marvell’s introduction of its LiquidSecurity 2 (LS2) solution builds upon the company’s well-established portfolio which is already proven at scale throughout the world’s largest hyperscale clouds. The new Marvell LS2 is designed to empower hyperscalers and cloud providers to develop HSM-as-a-service for secure key management, authentication, and encryption across a wide array of industry verticals.

My guest today...

In this episode of The 5G Factor, I’m joined by my colleague and fellow analyst Ron Westfall to talk all things 5G. News, alliances, lawsuits, and new hires — there’s always a lot going on in the 5G ecosystem and that’s what this show is designed to cover.

In this episode, we cover the following:

On this special episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series I am joined by Ed Abbo, President and Chief Technology Officer at C3 AI. Our conversation centers around AI applications, how these programs can help enterprise customers find value from their data, and much more you won’t want to miss.

In our conversation we discussed the following:

In this episode of Futurum Live! From the Show Floor, Futurum Research Senior Analyst and VP of Sales Steven Dickens talks with Broadcom's Distinguished Engineer Russ Teubner and Peter Wassal, Director, DevOps & Open Mainframe Solutions, during the SHARE Conference in Columbus. Their conversation covered Broadcom's acquisition of Hostbridge Technology and how it fits into the company's overall technology roadmap.

To learn more about Broadcom visit their website.

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, I’m joined by Angela Lepelley, the Sales Director, AI and Automation at Five9 for conversation about a topic that is steadily increasing in importance: AI in the contact center.

For most people, contacting a contact center is a dreaded task. Whether by phone, video, chat, or email, interacting with contact center agents, historically speaking, has been an onerous experience. We also know that customer experience is a top priority for businesses, and many have started to understand the value of also improving the experience in the cont...

In this episode of Futurum Live! From the Show Floor, Futurum Research Senior Analyst and VP of Sales Steven Dickens talks with Broadcom's Director of Product Management and Strategy Deborah Carbo and David Stokes, Senior Director, Engineering during the SHARE Conference in Columbus. Their conversation focused on Broadcom's CA 1® FlexibleStorage™ solution, the newest addition to their mainframe software portfolio, how the new solution provides secure, cost-effective mainframe data storage options for hybrid IT environments, and what Broadcom is doing to help their customers leverage a hybrid cloud strategy.

To learn more about Broadcom visit their website.

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, host Steven Dickens is joined by Phil Straw, CEO of SoftIron to discuss the launch of their new product, HyperCloud.

Their conversation covered the following:

If you’d like to learn more about HyperCloud, read the Press Release on SoftIron’s website. Be sure to subscribe to never miss an episode.

On this episode of The Main Scoop cohost with Greg Lotko, SVP and GM, Mainframe Software at Broadcom, and I are joined by Joao Bezerra Leite, Fintech investor and former Itau technology executive. We discuss the impact of Fintech on traditional banking institutions and the mainframe’s vital role in banking transformation.

Our conversation also covered the following:

It was a great conversation and one y...

Futurum Research Senior Analyst and VP of Sales Steven Dickens talks with Kyndryl's Richard Baird, VP, CTO and Engineering Lead, Core Enterprise and zCloud, and Jonathan P. Dietz, VP, Core Enterprise and zCloud U.S. Practice Leader, during the SHARE Conference in Columbus. Their conversation explored Kyndryl's growth trajectory over the last year, their focus on building alliances, and what they are doing to modernize the mainframe platform.

To learn more about Kyndryl visit their website.

Futurum Research Senior Analyst and VP of Sales Steven Dickens talks with Rocket Software's President, Infrastructure Modernization Business Unit Phil Buckellew during the SHARE Conference in Columbus. Their conversation touched on infrastructure modernization, the mainframe tools they offer their customers, and the expansion and transformation the company has been experiencing.

To learn more about Rocket Software visit their website.

Futurum Research Senior Analyst and VP of Sales Steven Dickens talks with SVA Software, Inc.'s Vice President of Sales & Marketing Lisa Schwab during the SHARE Conference in Columbus. Their conversation focuses on what the company is doing in the mainframe space, the pillars of their zOptimization platform, and how SVA Software, Inc.'s combined software and service is a big differentiator for them in the market.

To learn more about SVA Software, Inc. visit their website.

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, I’m joined by Amanda Mountain, Global Vice President of eCommerce at SAP, for a fascinating and timely conversation on the topic of continuous learning.

August marks the start of Back-to-School season. For students, it’s an exciting time that kicks off another year of learning and growth. But we’d like to take the time to focus on the importance of continuous learning for businesses. Now is as good a time as ever to prioritize continued education. The future of work is going to take skills many peo...

On this special episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series I am joined by Stefan Krauss, SVP, Global Head of Discrete Industries and Energy & Natural Resources at SAP. This is the third episode in a series — done in partnership with SAP — where I will be speaking with advisors and executives across several different industries on the state of their industry and what we can expect in the future.

In our conversation we discussed the following:

On this special episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series I am joined by Esam Elashmawi, Chief Marketing and Strategy Officer at Lattice Semiconductor. Our conversation centers around Lattice’s recent Q2 earnings, what to expect from the company going forward, what their strategy is, and much more you won’t want to miss.

In our conversation we discussed the following:

In this week’s episode of The 5G Factor, I’m joined by my colleague and fellow analyst, Ron Westfall, for a look at the 5G ecosystem and the goings on that recently caught our attention.

Our coverage includes some of the latest 5G news, including:

Ericsson, Qualcomm, and Thales collab. Ericsson, Qualcomm, and Thales are collaborating to take 5G to space — which is pretty exciting. The companies are looking at using satellite driven non-terrestrial networks, or NTN, using low Earth orbit satellites (LEO), to enable this communication capability on a worldwide basis. This will be a g...

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, Interview Series, our conversation today centers on the integration of two worlds in manufacturing environments to achieve digitalization and Industry 4.0.

In many manufacturing environments there is the physical world, or OT systems, composed of machines and industrial equipment. Then there is the digital world, or IT systems, composed of servers, networking, and other apps to run and process data. Thanks to advances in technology, we are seeing a convergence of these two worlds, but there are still a number of challenges that organizations must overcome. In this episode, I’m...

Welcome to The Main Scoop — a new monthly webcast series done in partnership with Broadcom hosted by Greg Lotko, SVP and GM, Mainframe Software and Daniel Newman, Principal Analyst at Futurum Research. On this first episode they are joined by Christian Jacobi, Fellow, CTO System Architecture and Design zSystems at IBM to discuss the z16 release. Greg and Daniel also discuss The Main Scoop series and what listeners can expect from future episodes.

The conversation covered the following:

On this special episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series I am joined Aparna Seksaria, Global Practice Lead R&D Solutions, Life Sciences. This is the second episode in a series — done in partnership with SAP — where I will be speaking with advisors and executives across several different industries on the state of their industry and what we can expect in the future.

In our conversation we discussed the following:

On this special episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series I am joined by Hans Kroes, Global VP and Head of the Industry Business unit for Professional Services at SAP and Ross Dawson, Keynote Speaker, Strategy Advisor, Bestselling Author, and Entrepreneur. This is the first episode in a new series — done in partnership with SAP — where I will be speaking with advisors and executives across several different industries on the state of their industry and what we can expect in the future

In our conversation we discussed the following:

In this episode of The 5G Factor, a Futurum Tech Webcast series focused on news and happenings in the 5G and IoT ecosystem, I’m joined by my colleague and fellow analyst, Ron Westfall.

Our conversation today covered:

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast – Interview Series, Ron Westfall and Steven Dickens are joined by distinguished guests Andy Hartland, Senior Consultant at Mainline Information Systems and Andrew Gracey, Product Manager for Developer Experience as SUSE.

Our discussion focused on the major trends and drivers as well as the main challenges in optimizing container management capabilities across swiftly evolving developer and IT Operations environments. Aligned with our discussion, we drilled down in our latest white paper, SUSE’s Innovation Engine Roars: SUSE Rancher Now on IBM zSystems and LinuxONE — done in partnership with SUSE — to explore w...

In this episode of The 5G Factor, our webcast series here at Futurum Research where we discuss all things related to 5G and the IoT ecosystems, I’m joined by Christian Block Senior VP and GM of RF Front End (RFFE) for Qualcomm.

We kicked off our conversation by hearing a little about Christian’s back ground, his work in RF Front End, and what led him to Qualcomm Technologies.

Our conversation covered:

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast – Interview Series, I am joined by Ashok Kurian, Director of Data and Analytics at Texas Children's Hospital, and Matt Hausmann, Director of Marketing for HPE Ezmeral, for a conversation focusing on innovation and technology advancement in the healthcare industry.

In our conversation we discussed the following:

It w...

On this special episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, I am joined by Gerri Gold, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for HPE Financial Services In order to be successful in today’s economy, organizations have a lot to juggle. One area that is often under-explored by the business leaders is the return on technology assets. This requires a holistic view of the entire tech stack and to know when, where, how to invest, and how to optimize. In this episode, Gerri and I explore how tech asset management can make a difference for organizations and their...

On this special episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast – Interview Series, I am joined by Durga Malladi, Senior Vice President and General Manager at Qualcomm for a conversation focusing on the recent acquisition of Cellwize, 5G, and Open RAN.

In our conversation we discussed the following:

It wa...

On this special episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast – Interview Series, I am joined by Paul Sheeran, Managing Director for HPE Financial Services. Sustainability has shifted from a nice-to-have to a business imperative. We used to think we had to compromise on cost to be sustainable but being a force for good is also a source for business value. In this episode, Paul and I explore how introducing circularity into your tech estate can help drive innovation, increase profitability, and accelerate your organization’s global impact.

In our conversation we discussed the following:

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, principal analyst Shelly Kramer sat down with Pegasystems’ CTO Don Schuerman for a conversation about what’s new, and what’s next in transformative tech and a glimpse into what’s ahead at Pega’s PegaWorld iNspire 2022 event.  

You can register for PegaWorld iNspire 2022 here – it’s free, accessible on demand if you don’t catch it live, and well worth your time to check out.

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast – Interview Series, Daniel Newman and Ron Westfall are joined by Richard Licon, Technical Marketing Engineer at Cisco. Richard’s primary duties include competitive test and analysis for Switching solution architectures.

Our discussion focused on the major trends and drivers as well as the main challenges of the swiftly evolving cloud networking market. We drilled down in our latest white paper, The Future of Cloud is the Network — done in partnership with Cisco — to explore the foundation pillars of cloud networking that are key to the cloud neutral strategy enterprise organization...

In our conversation we discussed the following:

On this special episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, I am joined by Ian Hood, Chief Strategist at Red Hat, for a conversation around one of our favorite topics: Edge+Security. This conversation is the third in a four-part series with Red Hat.

On this special episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, I am joined by Bradd Weidenbenner, a Product Manager for Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes with Red Hat, for a conversation around one of our favorite topics: Edge+Scalability. This conversation is the second in a four-part series with Red Hat.

In our conversation we discussed the following:

In this episode of the The 5G Factor, Futurum analysts Shelly Kramer and Ron Westfall tackle a variety of interesting developments in the 5G ecosystem. This week’s show includes a look at Netcracker’s Digital Platform, and Amdocs’ expansion of 5G solutions designed to accelerate 5G standalone networks. They dive into Ericsson’s newly released Breaking the Energy Curve report and explore Cisco and Telenor’s expanded partnership focused on expanded services designed to help enterprise clients accelerate their digital transformation journeys. They also covered news of Rogers Communications launch of the first commercially available 5G standalone network in Canada...

Futurum Research Senior Analyst and VP of Sales Steven Dickens talks with Barbara Ballard, Senior Product Manager, and Michael Mackes, Senior Systems Engineer, from Micro Focus during the SHARE Conference in Dallas. Their conversation centers around their roles on the host access team, how Micro Focus's products facilitate all the connections to the zOS, and how terminal emulation can fit in the landscape and securely protect those connections.

To learn more about Micro Focus visit their website.

Futurum Research Senior Analyst and VP of Sales Steven Dickens talks with Frank DeMarco, VP, Development at Kyndryl about the company's recent launch, their partnerships with hyperscalers, and the extensive apprenticeship and training program that keeps their 8,300 member delivery team skilled and trained.

To learn more about Kyndryl check out their website.

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast – Interview Series, I am joined by Nicole Herskowitz, Vice President at Microsoft. Nicole is responsible for the teams that drive the advancement of Microsoft Teams and Microsoft 365.

Our discussion covered some of the interesting data points from Microsoft’s 2022 Work Trends Index and what leaders need to do to adjust to this hybrid workforce in transition.

A Hybrid Workforce in Transition: Exploring Microsoft's 2022 Work Trends Index

My conversation with Nicole also revolved around the following:

Futurum Research Senior Analyst and VP of Sales Steven Dickens talks with Richard Baird, Chief Technology Officer at Kyndryl. Their conversation focuses on Richard's role as CTO, how the company helps clients modernize their mainframe environment, and the hyperscaler trends they're seeing.

To learn more about Kyndryl check out their website.

Futurum Research Senior Analyst and VP of Sales Steven Dickens is joined by Eddy Ciliendo, VP of Strategy and Technology at Model9 to talk about what the company is doing to give the power of the cloud to the mainframe and bring those two worlds together for their clients.

During their conversation, Eddy also shared how Model9 very recently started working with Microsoft Azure to enable any organization to backup their mainframe data to an Azure cloud region outside of their geopolitical region. You can read more about it here.

Futurum Research Senior Analyst and VP of Sales Steven Dickens talks with Michael Daubman, Director of Product Management, Broadcom Mainframe Software at Broadcom, about the company's MRI software and how it gives clients a look at the health of their system.

To learn more about Broadcom, check out their website here.

Futurum Research Senior Analyst and VP of Sales Steven Dickens is joined by April Hickel, VP of Strategy for BMC. Their conversation centers on her role with BMC, the results of their latest client survey, and the company's focus on three major themes: Security, application development, and how to increase the speed and quality of software that connects to or touches the mainframe.

To learn more about BMC visit their website.

Futurum Research Senior Analyst and VP of Sales Steven Dickens talks with Mark Wilson, Director, Consulting Services for BMC about Mark's role in the company, what they're seeing from a mainframe security point of view, and how they're meeting the evolving needs of their customers.

To learn more about BMC, check out their website here.

Futurum Research Senior Analyst and VP of Sales Steven Dickens talks with Rebecca Levesque, CEO of 21st Century Software, and Gonzalo Muelas Serrano, the company's VP of Research and Development for VSEn, during the SHARE Conference in Dallas. They covered 21st Century's growth, some of the interesting things they've been doing in the mainframe space, and what their latest announcement, VSEn, means for their customers.

Check out their website to learn more.

Futurum Research Senior Analyst and VP of Sales Steven Dickens talks with Iconium Software's Founder and CEO Rick Jones and President Mike Zinda during the SHARE Conference in Dallas. Their conversation focuses on the company's launch into the mainframe space and how their unique, patent-pending technology meets the need they recognized in the security market.

To learn more about Iconium Software visit their website.

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, Interview Series, Futurum principal analyst Shelly Kramer is joined by Alexandr Sadovoy, Solution Architect for MindSphere products, Siemens, to discuss the challenges facing manufacturing organizations today, and what Siemens is doing, specifically as it relates to Siemens Industry Software, to help them achieve their goals. 

In this special episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast — Interview Series, Futurum's Daniel Newman talks with Nukri Basharuli, Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Aggregion about privacy and security on the edge to the cloud journey. 

It was a great conversation and one you don’t want to miss. To learn more about Aggregion check out their website here.

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, Futurum’s Daniel Newman is Pat Brown, VP of Growth Marketing & Insights at Adobe, for a conversation around Adobe's recent Digital Economy Index, which was released today at Adobe Summit.

This is a don't-miss conversation for those interested in economics, e-commerce, digital transformation and more. Want to learn more about the index? Be sure to download the full version here.

Rakuten Symphony Adopting Qualcomm Cell Site Modem Tech

 In our conversation we discussed the following:

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast – Interview Series I am joined by Erez Dagan Executive Vice President, Product and Strategy for Mobileye. Erez is responsible for overseeing all parts of planning, development, and production of products that are helping shape the future of mobility — a vital role in today’s business climate.

Our discussion centered on how the announcements Mobileye made at CES 2021 and where the autonomous vehicle industry is headed in the future.

The Challenges of Scaling Autonomous Vehicle Growth

My conversation with Erez also revolved around the following:

Over the last few years, there has been a lot of concern around the amount of data that is used to track us. Every action we take online is tracked, which can be disconcerting when you think about it. But we are on the precipice of a new era. Data deprecation, or the process of limiting what data adver...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, I am joined by Joanna McDaniel Burkey, Chief Information Security Officer at HP Inc., for a conversation around security in the hybrid world.

Solving Security in the Hybrid World of Work

In our conversation we discussed the following:

• The driving trend behind workers growing increasingly rebellious to security measures
• Staying on track without creating more tension in the company culture, as ITDMs are becoming disheartened and finding their efforts aren’t taking hold
• What CISOs are doing to drive change for new hybrid...

For this vignette of a recent episode of The 5G Factor, part of the Futurum Tech Webcast, analysts Ron Westfall and Shelly Kramer assess T-Mobile’s fulfillment of its mission to source 100% of its total electricity usage with renewable energy (RE100) by the end of 2021. T-Mobile attained this milestone by coordinating a renewable energy strategy that encompassed eight virtual power agreements, 19 retail agreements, one Green Direct program, and unbundled Renewable Energy Certificates that support projects nationwide.

In this recent episode of The 5G Factor, part of the Futurum Tech Webcast series, analysts Ron Westfall and Shelly Kramer examined the recent FCC Auction 110, also dubbed the Andromeda auction. The auction yielded some $22 billion in bids, with AT&T and Verizon walking away with the lion’s share of the spectrum licenses, with spends of around $9 billion and $7.3 billion respectively. 

On this special episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, I am joined by Ross Mauri, General Manager for IBM Z, for a conversation around one of our favorite topics: AI. This conversation is the second in a three-part series with IBM Z.

 In our conversation we discussed the following:

It wa...

On this special episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, I am joined by Ross Mauri, General Manager for IBM Z, for a conversation that focuses on the future of IBM Z, digital transformation and what’s ahead for the tech industry. This conversation is the second in a three-part series with IBM Z.

 In our conversation we discussed the following:

In this special episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast — Interview Series, Futurum's Daniel Newman talks with Yoshinami Takahashi, EVP, Head of Software & Solution Business Group for Fujitsu about Fujitsu’s focus for the future and how their plans for growth will meet the challenges of our ever-changing world.

On this special episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, I am joined by Ross Mauri, General Manager for IBM Z, for a conversation around optimizing app modernization. This conversation is the first in a three-part series with IBM Z.

The Magic In Optimizing App Modernization

In our conversation we discussed the following:

In the latest episode of The 5G Factor, a Futurum Research production focused on the 5G ecosystem, latest news and trends Futurum analysts Shelly Kramer and Ron Westfall cover Netcracker and T-Mobile expanding their strategic partnership, T-Mobile keeps winning the 5G speed war, AT&T and Dish win big in the Andromeda Auction, and T-Mobile and renewable energy.

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, I am joined by Steve Sloan, CEO for Contentful, for a conversation around the key elements of digital transformation success.

Contentful was born out of necessity. The company’s co-founders realized that a lot of developers replicate content regularly when building apps. They created a way to create and launch content for any device, seamlessly. With Contentful, teams can build new applications, channels, and services quickly and efficiently to help their business grow. It was a fascinating conversation with Steve, and one you don’t want to miss. ...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, I am joined by Jeanette Barlow, Vice President of Product Marketing for Pegasystems, for a conversation around the future of AI and intelligent automation.

What's Ahead for Intelligent Automation

In our conversation we discussed the following:

It was a gr...

Marvell Technologies OCTEON Fusion line is developed to deliver processing power combined with the enhanced security, packet processing, and traffic management functions needed to power O-RAN innovation across the 5G ecosystem. Futurum’s Ron Westfall and Marvell’s Joel Brand examine why Marvell’s merchant silicon OCTEON Fusion offering provides the capabilities and silicon-level differentiation key to attaining breakthrough performance and deployment flexibility across O-RAN environments.

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, broadcast originally on LinkedIn Live, Futurum lead analyst Shelly Kramer talks with Amplience’s VP of Product Marketing Adam Sturrock about how the headless commerce experience platform is driving digital transformation in a massive way for brands and retailers. Their conversation touched on the challenges today’s brands and retailers face, key industry trends driving a need for agility and rapid transformation, and what’s ahead in 2022.

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, host and principal analyst Shelly Kramer sits down with Chris Carlstead and Kelley Lear from Thomson Reuters to talk about how automating procurement is a game-changer in myriad ways.

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, Interview Series, Futurum’s Shelly Kramer is joined by HRIZONS President and CEO for a discussion about HR Tech and the role it plays in providing solutions to the challenges being faced by a tech-enabled workforce, and the adjustments they are having to make to survive and prosper in a working world defined by the realities of a hybrid workplace.

On this special episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series live from NRF 2022, I am joined by Art Miller, Senior Director Global Retail IoT Business Development at Qualcomm, for a conversation around NRF 2022, Qualcomm’s vision for IoT and the future of retail.

Using Technology to Improve Customer Experience and Vision for Retail IoT

 In our conversation we discussed the following:

In this episode of the AT&T BizTalks Roundtable, Futurum analyst Shelly Kramer is joined by Glen Gilmore, Helen Yu, and Kevin Jackson for a conversation about Tech Trends, Predictions and Inspiration for businesses in 2022. In this dynamic conversation this group of tech experts explore supply chain challenges and what to expect in 2022, skills and capabilities organizations need to be thinking about (and hiring for), trends, the technologies that are driving innovation, where to invest resources in 2022 and pitfalls to be on the lookout for.

For this vignette of a recent episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, Part of the 5G Factor series, analysts Ron Westfall and Shelly Kramer examine the debut of the Marvell AtlasOne chipset, the company’s 50Gbps PAM4 chipset solution for 5G fronthaul, targeted at improving performance for integrated radio access networks (RAN), as well as Open (O-RAN) and virtualized (vRAN) architectures. To meet growing 5G capacity demands, mobile operators are prioritizing fronthaul solutions that scale beyond 25G. The Marvell AtlasOne chipset, optimized for performance improvement and up to 25% lower power consumption, is part of Marvell’s electro-optics portfolio aimed at ea...

For this vignette of a recent episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, Part of the 5G Factor series, analysts Ron Westfall and Shelly Kramer explore Ericsson ConsumerLab’s presentation of its annual 10 Hot Consumer Trends report, now in its 11th year. This year, Ericsson ConsumerLab focused on the topmost high-tech facilities that consumers conceive in hybrid malls by 2030. In the Everyspace Plaza construct, AR glasses, haptic body suits, and tactile gloves could be shared at low cost, and environments could be programmed and adapted to a broad array of emerging applications and activities.

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast series, The 5G Factor, lead analyst Shelly Kramer recaps T-Mobile’s Neville Ray’s recent AMA with the Reddit community, on all things 5G, including network updates, some 5G deployment use cases and other interesting updates.

In the latest episode of The 5G Factor, a Futurum Research production focused on the 5G ecosystem, latest news and trends Futurum analysts Shelly Kramer and Ron Westfall cover Marvell’s new AtlasOne chip, news out of T-Mobile on 5G by way of Neville Ray’s Reddit AMA, Apple’s SE 5G and the opportunities that presents to convert potentially billions of Android users, and key insights from Ericsson’s 10 Hot Consumer Trends report.

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, I am joined by Nigel Alvares, Vice President of Solutions Marketing at Marvell for a conversation around Marvell’s recent Industry Analyst Day. It was a great recap of the event and a conversation you don’t want to miss.

Marvell Industry Analyst Day 2021

 In our conversation we discussed the following:

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, Interview Series, host Shelly Kramer is joined by Avalara’s Maria Tringali for a conversation about the nuances of sales tax compliance and how an end-to-end software solution can not only help mitigate risk related to compliance issues, but also make life infinitely easier for businesses of all sizes.

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series I am joined by Esam Elashmawi, Chief Strategy and Marketing Officer at Lattice Semiconductor, for an exciting conversation about the myths that exist around FPGAs and the things Lattice is doing to set the record straight.

Three Myths about FPGAs

 In our conversation we discussed the following:

FPGAs are an imp...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series I am joined by Adam Tachner, Vice President Corporate Development & Chief Legal Officer at Groq, for a conversation about the happenings at Groq Day 2021 and other exciting updates from the company.

Carving a Path to the Future with AI, Machine Learning, and High-Performance Computing

 In our conversation we discussed the following:

If you missed Groq Day and are interested in...

For this vignette of a recent episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, part of the 5G Factor series, analysts Shelly Kramer and Ron Westfall examine recent passage of the $1.2 trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal that includes $65 billion targeted at expanding access to reliable high-speed Internet and further bridging the digital divide through investment in broadband infrastructure including 5G connectivity.

For this vignette of a recent episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, Part of the 5G Factor series, analysts Ron Westfall and Shelly Kramer delve into the Qualcomm Investor Day 2021 event highlighted by CEO Cristiano Amon’s Keynote that talked about his vision for the company and propelling Qualcomm’s ongoing success through market diversification.

For this vignette of a recent episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, part of the 5G Factor series, analysts Ron Westfall and Shelly Kramer break down the key takeaways from the GSMA produced The Mobile Economy North America - 2021 report released in conjunction with MWC Los Angeles 2021 show, including the major North American trends through 2025, evolving mobile operator content strategies, and expanding private network drivers.

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, Interview Series, Futurum lead analyst Shelly Kramer is joined by Sodales’ Kirsty Thompson for a conversation about enterprise health, safety, and environment management software. With workplace-related injuries costing businesses upwards of $1 billion per week, not counting the very real hits to productivity and morale for employees for whom well-being is a key concern, there’s no time like the present for business leaders to transition business operations from relying on poorly managed, siloed employee health and safety programs to best-in-class solutions.

In this episode of The 5G Factor, part of the Futurum Tech Webcast family of content, I’m joined by my colleague and fellow analyst, Ron Westfall for our weekly look at what’s happening the world of 5G. Our conversation today explored the following:

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, I had the pleasure of being joined by PROS Ulrich von Beck. Ulrich is the VP of pre-sales/strategic consulting for PROS, and our conversation explored where digital transformation is headed, and the role future proofing will play in organizations in our post-pandemic world.

PROS provides artificial intelligence-based software as a service offerings that help organizations optimize every shopping and selling interaction, enabling companies to deliver personalizes offers to buyers, at scale, with speed, precision, and consistency.

In the last 18 months we’ve seen digital tran...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, sponsored by Intel, I am joined by Patty Kummrow, Vice President Network and Edge Group, General Manager Ethernet Products Group at Intel Corporation for a conversation around Intel's Infrastructure Processing Units development.

Exploring Intel's IPU Development

 In our conversation we discussed the following:

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, I am joined by Christian Block, SVP & GM, RFFE, QUALCOMM Germany RFFE GmbH, for conversation around the latest happenings with Qualcomm’s RFFE portfolio.

Digging into Qualcomm’s RFFE Portfolio Expansions

 In our conversation we discussed the following:

A couple of weeks ago at the MWC LA 2021 event, IBM announced that it would be partnering with both Cisco and Palo Alto Networks. My colleague and fellow analyst Ron Westfall and I covered this partnership in a recent episode of our webcast The 5G Factor and, yet again, these are examples of strategic partnerships being the way forward, especially as it relates to the 5G ecosystem.

These partnership deals between IBM and Cisco and IBM and Palo Alto Networks is all about slice lifecycle management and mitigating security challenges, both of which will become increasingly more...

For this vignette of a recent episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, Part of the 5G Factor series, analysts Ron Westfall and Shelly Kramer assess the 5G ecosystem implications of the Rakuren Symphony, Intel, and Juniper Networks collaboration to develop Symware, a carrier-grade Open RAN solutions aimed at modernizing radio cell sites by using the latest cloud-native architecture and capabilities.

Their conversation emphasized:

For this vignette of a recent episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, Part of the 5G Factor series, analysts Ron Westfall and Shelly Kramer assess the partnership between Qualcomm and Nothing, a start-up founded by OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei and dedicated to building a world without barriers between people and technology.

Their conversation focused on:

For this vignette of a recent episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, part of the 5G Factor series, analysts Ron Westfall and Shelly Kramer examine the cutting edge 5G capabilities that T-Mobile is showcasing at T-Mobile Park, home to Major League Baseball’s Seattle Mariners and why 5G-powered Augmented Reality (AR) experiences and 5G Mixed Reality (XR) application are ready to deliver immersive and interactive sports venue experiences.  

Their conversation focused on:

In today’s episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, Cybersecurity Shorts Series, I’m joined by Dell Technologies’ John Boyle and Rick Martinez. John is a cybersecurity and supply chain defense product manager and Rick is a senior distinguished engineer and a senior director at Dell. Our conversation today revolved around the current state of the cybersecurity industry, supply chain attacks, fed policy and orders, why zero trust is a thing these days, and more.

Some highlights of the discussion with Rick and John included:

In this video research note from The 5G Factor webcast series, Futurum analysts Shelly Kramer and Ron Westfall unpack the recently announced partnership between Samsung and Ciena and the value that’s intended to deliver for telecom operators looking to scale and evolve their networks to support the proliferation of 5G.

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, The 5G Factor series, analysts Shelly Kramer and Ron Westfall cover 5G industry news, announcements coming out of this week’s MWC event, along with news about how 5G is being used in stadiums to power better fan experiences. They also cover recently announced partnerships, including those between Samsung and Ciena, Nothing and Qualcomm, IBM and Cisco/Palo Alto Networks and Rakuten/Intel and Juniper, then wrap with a short overview of the sessions Shelly moderated at this week’s AT&T’s Business Summit event.

In an attempt to distance itself from negative publicity while putting in place a new corporate structure better suited for the future, Facebook has rebranded and restructured itself into a new parent company, Meta, and a suite of individuals brands. In this edition of the Futurum Tech Webcast, analysts Fred McClimans, Olivier Blanchard, Ron Westfall and Steven Dickens take a look at what this means for the future of Meta’s Metaverse.

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, I am joined by Malcolm Ferguson, Distinguished Technologist at HPE and Scott Thomson, HPE GreenLake Cloud Services Specialist for conversation around cloud strategies and why colocation is making more sense these days.

A Colocation Cloud Journey: Exploring the Acceleration of Colocation Strategies

 In our conversation we discussed the following:

In this LinkedIn Live episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast — Interview Series, I’m joined by

James Riseman, Director of Product Marketing for Treasure Data for an extremely timely conversation about the value Customer Data Platforms (CDPs) can bring to teams outside of sales and marketing.

CDPs have quickly become an integral part of MarTech stacks, connecting customer data from multiple touchpoints like social media, websites, in-store, and others. Yet the data that is collected and managed within these CDPs has been siloed from the rest of the organization creating a disjointed customer experience — especially in cust...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, sponsored by Intel, I am joined by Rebecca Weekly, Vice President, General Manager, and Senior Principal Engineer of Hyperscale Strategy and Execution at Intel Corporation for conversation around system and software advances for cloud at scale. We also explored her keynote presentation from Intel InnovatiON 2021.

Live from Intel InnovatiON: Elevate Your Cloud With Rebecca Weekly

 In our conversation we discussed the following:

In this short episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, I talk with Jim Elliott, Corporate SVP of Memory Sales for Samsung about the colleges and universities who will be participating in Samsung Tech Day 2021 on November 15, 2021 and some of the subject matter they will be covering.

The conversation highlighted:

In this short episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, I sit down with Jim Elliott, Corporate SVP of Memory Sales for Samsung to discuss what customer collaboration stories we might hear at Samsung Tech Day 2021 on November 15, 2021.

The conversation covered:

There is lots to come during Samsung Tech Day 2021 and it’s sure to be a great ev...

In this short episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, I talk with Jim Elliott, Corporate SVP of Memory Sales for Samsung about the technology showcases that attendees can expect to experience at Samsung Tech Day 2021 on November 15, 2021.

The conversation highlighted:

There is lots to come during Samsung Tech Day 2021 and it’s sure to be a great event. If yo...

In this short episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, I sit down with Jim Elliott, Corporate SVP of Memory Sales for Samsung to explore some key sessions to look forward to during Samsung Tech Day 2021 on November 15, 2021 and what attendees can expect to walk away with.

The conversation highlighted:

There is lots to come during Samsung Tech Day 2021 and it’s su...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series I am joined by Mounir Hahad, Head of Juniper Threat Labs at Juniper Networks, for a timely conversation about the current state of our threat landscape, which is as Mounir said, “Gloomy with a chance of ransomware,” as well as what businesses need to do to protect themselves.

Understanding our Current Cybersecurity Threat Landscape

 In our conversation we discussed the following:

On this special episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series I am joined by Jim Elliott, Corporate SVP of Memory Sales for Samsung, for an exciting conversation about Samsung’s upcoming Tech Day 2021. This virtual event will showcase how Samsung Semiconductor is powering innovative experiences across the tech ecosystem with memory innovations.

Samsung Tech Day 2021: Powering Experiences with Memory Innovations

 In our conversation we discussed the following:

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, Interview Series, I’m joined by Benoit Hardy-Vallee, AVP, Talent Experience Strategy at Phenom and his colleague Ajay Patel, Vice President, Global Head of Join at Straumann Group for a conversation about the importance of focusing on the candidate experience as well as employee experience in today’s job market.

We are seeing people leave jobs in droves, millions still looking for work, and employers reporting acute labor shortages. Coupled with changes in how and where people work, this is all adding up to be a job market like we’ve...

For this vignette of a recent episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, part of the 5G Factor series, analysts Ron Westfall and Shelly Kramer assess Nokia’s introduction of FP5, its fifth generation of high-performance IP routing silicon that targets enabling communications service providers (CSPs) to provide greater and enhanced protection against escalating network security threats as well as efficiently scale network capacity and enable new higher speed 5G and IP services.

Their conversation emphasized:

For this vignette of a recent episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, Part of the 5G Factor series, analysts Ron Westfall and Shelly Kramer explore the mobile ecosystem implications of UK-based Vodafone’s preparing to announce the largest IoT airtime supply deal outside of China, encompassing millions of NB-IoT connections.

Their discussion highlighted:

For this vignette of a recent episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, part of the 5G Factor series, analysts Ron Westfall and Shelly Kramer examine DISH Network’s selection of IBM to help automate what it is promoting as the first greenfield cloud-native 5G network in the United States.

Their conversation focused on:

In this Futurum Tech Webcast, Futurum Lead Analyst Shelly Kramer sits down with Dirk Häußermann of ATOSS for a conversation on the difference workforce management solutions can make for organizations looking to improve the employee experience.

For this vignette of a recent episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, Part of the 5G Factor series, analysts Ron Westfall and Shelly Kramer explore the collaboration of IBM Global Business Services with Telefonica to modernize Telefonica’s 5G core network platform built with IBM Cloud Pak for Network Automation, Red Hat OpenShift, and Juniper Networks Apstra and QFX technology as well as DISH Network’s selection of IBM to help automate what the company is touting as the United States’ first greenfield cloud-native 5G network.

For this vignette of a recent episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, Part of the 5G Factor series, analysts Ron Westfall and Shelly Kramer assess why the Ericsson, Deutsche Telekom, and Samsung demonstration that confirmed end-to-end network slicing can work specifically for gaming applications is integral to advancing 5G monetization and use case networking objectives.

In this excerpt from our Futurum Tech Webcast, Cybersecurity Shorts Series, Futurum analysts Shelly Kramer and Fred McClimans explore the Twitch hack and why a massive hack of this nature is a nightmare for infosec community — and should be a wakeup call as it relates to the primacy of network security.

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, Cybersecurity Shorts series, analysts Shelly Kramer and Fred McClimans cover the goings on in the world of cybersecurity. This week’s conversation includes the Facebook outage and (unrelated) claims of scraped data from 1.5 billion Facebook users available in a hacker forum, as well as a deep dive into the deets on the Twitch hack. They also covered the Syniverse hack that provided access to millions of text messages and customer information for a period of many years (and the impact on Syniverse’s teleco customers), the Atos win of an R&D pr...

In this episode of Futurum newest webcast series, The 5G Factor, I’m joined by my colleague and fellow analyst Ron Westfall to explore and break down some of the most exciting news, trends, and partnerships in the 5G ecosystem. In this week’s episode we covered some exciting 5G news, including:

The future of cloud gaming — it’s powered by 5G. The future of cloud gaming is exciting, especially when powered by 5G end-to-end network slicing, which is revolutionizing cloud gaming services. We explore how this capability, the E2E network slicing, has been optimized for cloud vi...

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, Interview Series, my guest John Bruno, the VP of Strategy for PROS, and I are having a conversation about the ever-changing state of B2B commerce. Today’s business customers are expecting more and more from companies in terms of not just product quality, but also customer experience. And a large part of customer experience is providing compelling offers in a way that is fast, consistent, easy, and transparent, and offering relevant prices to make the ordering process an efficient, hassle free one. That’s a lot to ask at the end...

For this vignette of a recent episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, part of the 5G Factor series, analysts Ron Westfall and Shelly Kramer examine a report from Vodafone and WPI Economics advocating on the UK government to accelerate the deployment of 5G and IoT technology to help meet zero emission goals by 2050.

Their discussion covered:

For this vignette of a recent episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, part of the 5G Factor series, analysts Ron Westfall and Shelly Kramer explore Nokia’s digital twin technology and its potential to significantly boost European communications service providers (CSPs) a significant revenue boost.

Their discussion covered:

For this vignette of a recent episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, part of the 5G Factor series, analysts Ron Westfall and Shelly Kramer examine Amdocs supplying the business support systems, including 5G monetization capabilities, for what Orange is touting as Europe’s first 5G SA end-to-end experimental cloud network being built out in France.

Their discussion covered:

In this vignette from a recent episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, part of The 5G Factor series, analysts Shelly Kramer and Ron Westfall discuss The National Science Foundation’s (NSF) establishment of SpectrumX, a new center for wireless spectrum research in the U.S.

The NSF has earmarked $25 million over the course of the next 5 years for research. They’re focused on developing new ways of sharing and managing radio airwaves, which of course is a finite resource. This is crucial research because, as Ron pointed out, 5G technology supports Dynamic Spectrum Sharing (DSS), which allows for...

In this episode of The 5G Factor, a Futurum Research production, analysts Shelly Kramer and Ron Westfall discuss AT&T’s partnership with the U.S. Military in a three-year R&D agreement focused on 5G experiments with the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS), the Department of the Navy’s applied research university.

In this Futurum Tech Webcast, Futurum Lead Analyst Shelly Kramer sits down with Gunter Appel and Jan Klockgeter of aconso for a conversation on digitizing HR documents and the difference this can make for enterprise organizations.

For this vignette of a recent episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, Part of the 5G Factor series, analysts Ron Westfall and Shelly Kramer examine the implications of the collaboration between Ericsson and Qualcomm in completing what they tout as the first over-the-air 5G New Radio call on CBRS (Citizen Broadband Radio Service) spectrum in a recent trial.  

Their conversation covered:

For this vignette of a recent episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, Part of the 5G Factor series, analysts Ron Westfall and Shelly Kramer examine the partnership between Vodafone and Ericsson in the deployment of new energy-efficient 5G radios across the London, UK vicinity.

Their conversation covered:

For this vignette of a recent episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, Part of the 5G Factor series, analysts Ron Westfall and Shelly Kramer share their perspective on the Nokia’s decision to pause its work in the O-RAN Alliance due to concerns related to working with China-based companies that are on the U.S. Department’s restrictive Entity list.

Their conversation addressed:

For this vignette of a recent episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, Part of the 5G Factor series, analysts Shelly Kramer and Ron Westfall provide their perspectives on Ericsson’s decision to divest its product research and development activities in Nanjing, China by November 2021.  

Their conversation covered:

In this episode of Futurum Tech Webcast series The 5G Factor, Futurum analysts Shelly Kramer and Ron Westfall cover interesting news in the 5G market. This week’s conversation included discussions around:

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series I am joined by Shane Orlick, Chief Revenue Officer for WalkMe, for an exciting conversation about the growth of the company over the last year and the expansion of the digital adoption platform in the workplace.

 Managing App Sprawl in the Workplace

 In our conversation we discussed the following:

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series I am joined by Renen Hallak, Founder and CEO of VAST Data for an exciting conversation about the future of IT and data, and how it is impacting the way we work, live and communicate. It was a fascinating conversation from the leader of this great up-and-coming company.

The Future of IT and Data

In our conversation we discussed the following:

In today’s episode of The 5G Factor, our newest webcast focused on all things 5G, host Shelly Kramer and fellow analyst Ron Westfall examine the key trends in the 5G market along with 5G-related news of interest.

This show focused on some familiar players in the 5G space, including Ericsson, Vodafone, Qualcomm, Nokia, Verizon, as well as a look at what’s happening in the China market as it relates to 5G technology and innovation.

Our discussion today addressed:

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series I am joined by Gerry Nolan, Worldwide Senior Director: HPE Pointnext Operational Services. Gerry is responsible for the team that enables customer support experience to drive digital transformation journeys. Our conversation covered some recent developments from HPE that are designed to meet the needs of customers that have emerged from the pandemic. It’s one you don’t want to miss.

Enabling Business Value Through the Five Pillars of Enterprise Care

In our conversation we discussed the following:

For this vignette of a recent episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, Part of the 5G Factor series, analysts Ron Westfall and Shelly Kramer discussed expansion of the Boingo Wireless AWS partnership with Boingo Wireless integrating AWS edge and cloud services with the company’s own converged network offering and its impact on select industry verticals.  

Their discussion covered:

For this vignette of a recent episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, Part of the 5G Factor series, analysts Ron Westfall and Shelly Kramer examine why the Mavenir acquisition of Telestax improves the Mavenir Engage proposition and alters the competitive dynamics of the Communications Platform as a service (CPaaS) market.  

Their discussion covered:

For this vignette of a recent episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, Part of the 5G Factor series, analysts Shelly Kramer and Ron Westfall and examine the key trends in the 5G market assessing the market impact of the AT&T and GM alliance aimed at delivering 5G connectivity to GM cars in three years.

Their discussion covered:

For this vignette of a recent episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, Part of the 5G Factor series, analysts Shelly Kramer and Ron Westfall and examine the key trends in the 5G market focusing on recent developments in the Open RAN market segment including the rise of the “Rip and Replace” program in the U.S.

Their discussion covered:

For this vignette of a recent episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, Part of the 5G Factor series, analysts Shelly Kramer and Ron Westfall deliberate on why the AT&T partnership with the University of Tennessee is important to advancing mmWave technology development.  

Their discussion covered:

In this new episode of The 5G Factor, our newest Futurum Tech Webcast series focused on all things 5G, analysts Shelly Kramer and Ron Westfall look at key trends in the 5G ecosystem. This includes a look at recent developments in the Open RAN market, and the recently announced partnership between GM and AT&T bringing 5G to select models in the GM fleet, Qualcomm’s pursuit of Veoneer, and the Hyundai/NVIDIA partnership and what this all means for the Automotive industry. They also covered AT&T’s recently announced partnership with the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, cent...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series I am joined by Valerio Filauro, VP, Product Management, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Our conversation focused on:

For more information you can read Senior Analyst Olivier Blanchard's article Meet RFFE – A Critical Piece In The 5G Puzzle 

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, Interview Series, I’m joined by Chad Andrews, the Global Leader for Telecom, Media and Entertainment at the IBM Institute for Business Value. Our conversation today focuses on the changes 5G and edge computing will bring to our digital economy, and we also take a look at IBM Institute for Business Value’s recent study The End of Communications Services as We Know Them?

That is a bold survey headline, but for those of us in the industry, we know the impact that 5G and edge computing will have on th...

In today’s episode of The 5G Factor, our newest webcast focused on all things 5G, I was joined by my fellow analysts, Ron Westfall and Olivier Blanchard. Our focus was on the magic that 5G networks provide, and insights on what kind of innovative things companies like Ericsson, Nokia, and AT&T, along with savvy communication services providers (CSPs), are doing with private 5G networks.

Our conversation included:

• Poly’s latest quarterly results and 2022 outlook as we emerge from the pandemic

• How the Delta variant may complicate companies’ return to work plans and how collaboration tech needs to evolve as we enter a new era of hybrid work

• The need for meeting equality to ensure same virtual meeting experience for those in the room and those who aren’t

• Poly’s recent cross-border effort in Baja Mexico to vaccinate 5,000+ maquiladora workers and their family members.

In this newest episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, analysts Ron Westfall and Shelly Kramer discuss Rakuten’s moves in the 5G market and how the company is essentially throwing down the gauntlet for the rest of the CSP ecosystem. In this conversation, we cover the benefits of the early mover advantage for CSPs, along with the implications for the Open RAN segment and the overall 5G market developments of the last week.

Some of the things we touched in this 5G-focused webcast included:

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Women in Tech series, I was thrilled to host Suzanna Keith, Co-Founder and CEO of Hello Career Guru and Co-Founder and CMO, Sonal Rinello for a conversation about the future of work, the current state of the workplace and the tremendous impact that the pandemic has had on employees in general and on women in particular.

The Future of Women in the Workplace and How Hello Career Guru Can Help

When the pandemic forced most organizations to shift to working from home, women everywhere had a unique ex...

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, Interview Series, Futurum’s Shelly Kramer talks with Dell Technologies’ Matt Baker who leads the development and implementation of business and technology strategies for the Infrastructure Solutions Group, about the challenges organizations have with the massive amounts of data they create, collect, and need. They also take a dive into Dell Technologies’ recent research study, The Data Paradox, which is focused on managing data overload in the on-demand economy, and a look at how companies can mitigate the barriers to digital transformation data overload the inability to extract insights from and levera...

Check out our Deep dive of the week and our Highs, Lows and Unexpecteds from the week in technology.  This week we cover: A crazy week of earnings, Contentful, Facebook and the Metaverse, SAS going public, The return of in-person events, how earning beats are leading to share price drops and Vast Dats

For this episode of the Futurum Research Weekly Podcast, I am joined by my colleague, fellow analyst ,and founding partner, Daniel Newman, for a conversation about the highs, lows and unexpecteds from this week in the Technology industry.

In...

In this LinkedIn Live episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, I’m joined by JD Dillon, Chief Learning Architect of Axonify for a conversation about what it takes to prepare your workforce to be resilient in times of disruption — and a lot of that has to do with having the ability to reskill your frontline workforce. If we’ve learned anything in the last year, it’s that our frontline workforce is critical to business operations. Beyond resilience, as it relates to both frontline workers and the organization as a whole, learning management solutions can, and do, deliver bo...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast – Interview Series I am joined by Samantha Madrid, Vice President, Security Business & Strategy at Juniper Networks. Our discussion was a timely one centered on the security risks and hacks we’ve seen in the last few months and what CISO’s need to know to be better prepared for the future.

Why SASE Need to be a Priority

My conversation with Samantha also revolved around the following:

On this special episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast – Interview Series I am joined by

Patrick Maroney, High Tech Industry Executive Advisor for SAP Industries and Rick Willardson, Director of US Sales at Intel. This is the final episode in a new series — done in partnership with SAP and Intel — where I will be speaking with advisors and executives across seven different industries on the state of their industry and how SAP Industry Cloud powered by Intel technology plays a vital role in the future.

The Future of the High Tech Industry

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast – Interview Series I am joined by Jush Danielson, GM Channel Marketing, Retail, Manufacturing & Global Accounts at AT&T. Our discussion centered on the 5G revolution and the new partnership with MxD.

The Future of 5G: AT&T’s Partnership with MxD

My conversation with Jush also revolved around the following:

For this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, I am joined by my colleague, fellow analyst, and founding partner, Daniel Newman, for a conversation about the tech announcements from this past week.

In this episode, we covered:

On this special episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast – Interview Series I am joined by Jennifer Baldwin, Utilities NA Industry Executive Advisor for SAP Industries and Mark Davis, Director, Enterprise Data Management Solutions at Intel. This is the sixth episode in a new series — done in partnership with SAP and Intel — where I will be speaking with advisors and executives across seven different industries on the state of their industry and how SAP Industry Cloud powered by Intel technology plays a vital role in the future.

The Future of the Utilities  Industry

In our c...

For this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, I am joined by my colleague, fellow analyst ,and founding partner, Shelly Kramer, for a conversation about recent developments in the 5G market including key Mobile World Congress 2021 developments.

In this episode, we covered:

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, I’m joined by my colleagues Daniel Newman and Fred McClimans to discuss the reports of Intel Corp being in talks to buy semiconductor manufacturer Global Foundries for about $30 billion. There’s no doubt the silicon industry is in the midst of a crisis — limited fab capabilities and supply chain disruptions (due to trade conflicts and the ongoing pandemic) have impacted chip companies, their customers, and end consumers the world over. Would an acquisition of this nature rock the chip industry or make it better?

In this conversation we covere...

On this special episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast – Interview Series I am joined by Noe Garcia, Global Enterprise Account Manager at Intel and Craig Kindleman, Oil and Gas Industry Advisor for SAP. This is the fifth episode in a new series — done in partnership with SAP and Intel — where I will be speaking with advisors and executives across seven different industries on the state of their industry and how SAP Industry Cloud powered by Intel technology plays a vital role in the future.

The Future of the Oil and Gas Industry

In our...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast – Interview Series I am joined by Dave Shull, President and CEO of Poly, a global outfitter of professional-grade audio and video technology. We had an exciting conversation about the growth the company has experienced in the last year and where Dave thinks the market is going as we return to working in person.

Pro-Grade Tech: The Next Major Tech Growth Spurt

In our conversation we discussed the following:

On this special episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast – Interview Series I am joined by Darren Pulsipher, Chief Solutions Architect Public Sector at Intel and Leslie Casson Stevens, Public Sector Industry Advisor for SAP. This is the fourth episode in a new series — done in partnership with SAP and Intel — where I will be speaking with advisors and executives across seven different industries on the state of their industry and how SAP Industry Cloud powered by Intel technology plays a vital role in the future.

The Future of the Public Sector

In our co...

In this LinkedIn Live episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, I’m joined by Jim Newman, President and CEO of HRizons for a conversation about the struggles that companies are experiencing as we slowly emerge from the pandemic and the HR tech that could be a solution.

Post-Pandemic Planning: HR Tech Solutions to Add to Your Arsenal

We’ve been talking a lot about pandemic recovery here at Futurum, and with good reason. Even though the job market is on the rebound, hiring is still sluggish. The May Jobs Report from the U.S. Dep...

On this LinkedIn Live episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series I am joined by
Dan Rodriguez, Corporate Vice President and General Manager, Network Platforms Group at
Intel and Per Narvinger, VP and Head of Product Area Networks at Ericsson to discuss the latest 5G
updates Intel shared at MWC 2021.

Intel’s 5G Vision

In our conversation we discussed the following:

On this special episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast – Interview Series I am joined by Kristen Call, IoT Specialist at Intel and Praful Karanth, Retail Industry Advisor for SAP. This is the second episode in a new series — done in partnership with SAP and Intel — where I will be speaking with advisors and executives across seven different industries on the state of their industry and how SAP Industry Cloud powered by Intel technology plays a vital role in the future.

The Future of the Retail Industry

In our conversation we discussed the follo...

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, my colleague Steven Dickens and I took a dive into the goings on at IBM this past week. Obviously, the big news coming out of IBM with an  announcement late in the day on Friday last, was the news of IBM president and former Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst stepping down. This came as a surprise to many, as Jim was largely viewed throughout the industry as a likely successor to IBM CEO Arvind Krishna within a few years. The IBM board, and Krishna, however, had other plans and Krishna is c...

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, analysts Shelly Kramer and Steven Dickens discuss the recent announcements out of BMC Software, targeting security, an Open Mainframe, and facilitating developer agility.

I’ll note before touching on our conversation that the IT Infrastructure Management Software Market is growing at a rapid rate in 2021 and that growth is very much expected to continue. The key players in that space are:  CA Technologies, Oracle, IBM, EMC, Microsoft, BMC Software, Dell, LabTech, Symantec, Apple, HPE and SAP. Precision Reports has a new study out on this topic and you can get...

In this video vignette from a recent episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, I’m joined by my colleague here at Futurum Steven Dickens for a conversation around IBM’s hybrid cloud ambitions, which are clearly the driver behind IBM’s latest announced acquisition, this time of BoxBoat, and the company’s preparation for a post-Kyndryl spinoff.

BoxBoat, while small, is known as an enterprise Kubernetes certified service provider and premier DevOps consultancy. The company has customers in finance, government, ecommerce, online publishing, and higher ed. Once the acquisition is complete, it is expected the business will be slott...

For this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast I am joined by my colleague, fellow analyst and our VP of business development, Steven Dickens, for a conversation about happenings this week in the tech world.

In this episode, we covered:

On this special episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast – Interview Series I am joined by David Dobson, Global Industry Director Retail, Hospitality, & Consumer Goods at Intel and John Buckley, Consumer Products Industry Advisor for SAP. This is the second episode in a new series — done in partnership with SAP and Intel — where I will be speaking with advisors and executives across seven different industries on the state of their industry and how SAP Industry Cloud powered by Intel technology plays a vital role in the future.

The Future of the Consumer Products Industry

In...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast – Interview Series I am joined by Tom Madonna, an Industry Advisor for the Automotive Industry at SAP. This is the first episode in a new series — done in partnership with SAP — where I will be speaking with advisors and executives across seven different industries on the state of their industry and how SAP Industry Cloud plays a vital role in the future.

The Future of the Automotive Industry

In our conversation we discussed the following:

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast – Interview Series I am joined by Caroline Chan, Vice President, Data Platforms Group and General Manager, Network Business Incubator Division. She is responsible for driving advanced technology solutions that are enabled and accelerated by 5G capabilities. We had an exciting conversation about the key announcements made during Mobile World Congress 2021 including looking into Private 5G Networks.

Intel’s Private 5G Networks

In our conversation we discussed the following:

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, Cybersecurity Shorts series, I’m joined by my colleague and fellow analyst Fred McClimans, for a conversation about the goings on in the world of cybersecurity. Our conversation covered:

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast – Interview Series I am joined by Durga Malladi, Senior Vice President and General Manager, 5G, Mobile Broadband and Infrastructure for Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. for an exciting conversation about the key announcements made during Mobile World Congress 2021.

Qualcomm’s Key Announcements at MWC 2021

In our conversation we discussed the following:

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, my colleague Olivier Blanchard and I engage in a drill-down conversation around the five new antitrust bills congress brought forward last week aimed at Big Tech, and what the likely ramifications are for reach. Our discussion examined:

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, Futurum’s Shelly Kramer and Shelly Steven webcast cover announcements of note coming out of HPE’s HPE Discover event held this past week.

Their conversation included analysis and insights about:

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast – Interview Series I am joined by Chris Eidler, Vice President and GM of HPE GreenLake Lighthouse and Flynn Maloy, Vice President for HPE GreenLake Cloud Services Marketing for an exciting conversation about some of the announcements made during HPE Discover.

HPE Discover took place June 22-24, featuring three jam-packed days full of insights and announcements from HPE and their partners. If you want to learn more about the event. Check out the website.

Introducing HPE GreenLake Lighthouse

In our conve...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast – Interview Series I am joined by Ian Pratt, Global Head of Security, Personal Systems for HP, Inc. He leads the business unit responsible for creating the endpoint security solutions that are deployed on millions of machines across the globe.

Our discussion centered on the critical nature of endpoint security in today’s business world and some exciting new announcements as well.

New Breed of Endpoint Security

My conversation with Ian also revolved around the following:

On this special episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast – Interview Series I am joined by guests from Qualcomm, UScellular and Nokia to discuss big news with 5G millimeter wave.

My guests include: Narothum Saxena, Vice President of Technology, Strategy and Architecture for UScellular; Randy Cox, Head of Product Management, Small Cells and 5G mmWave at Nokia; Gautum Sheoran, Senior Director of Product Management at Qualcomm.

Our discussion centered on the exciting extended-range 5G world record over mmWave. This impressive achievement means that we are just one step closer to bringing 5G serv...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast – Interview Series I am joined by Esam Elashmawi, Chief Marketing and Strategy Officer for Lattice Semiconductor. Lattice is a leader in building small, powerful, efficient FPGAs that are used across all end markets and critical infrastructure.

Our discussion centered on their recent Investor Day and the impressive announcements that are defining the future of the company.

Lattice Semiconductor’s Investor Day

My conversation with Esam also revolved around the following:

Futurum’s Fred McClimans and Ron Westfall analyze the ongoing crisis in the global semiconductor supply chain and its impact across key industries such as the automotive, telecommunications, and medical equipment verticals. They discussed the reasons for the constraints in the chip supply and what actions the U.S. government is taking in response to the crisis. Plus, they address the moves being made by the major semiconductor supplies to stabilize long-term supply chains and the challenges involved in building out new foundries.

Futurum’s Ron Westfall and Shelly Kramer examine the value assigned by CSP decision makers to cloud design principles in fulfilling their cloud BSS journey goals. We discussed the top three cloud design principles and how each of the principles are integral to advancing CSP BSS-to-cloud journeys.

We discuss key takeaways from our recent survey and research report, ‘The BSS-to-cloud journey: Powering innovation across the digital value chain” done in partnership with Ericsson. We discussed the strategic commitment of CSPs to a multi-cloud strategy, the competitive advantages that each of the major cloud providers offer, and which cloud design principles are CSPs identifying as the most important. Plus, we address the AWS announcement that extends its long-term partnership with Ericsson by certifying Ericsson’s Telecom BSS on AWS and why it is a high impact move across the telco industry.

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Colonial Pipeline rapidly paid ransomware provider DarkSide $5 billion Bitcoin to unlock and restore its IT systems, but this ransomware attack exposed a glaring weakness in critical infrastructure security: the IT/OT issue.

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The US Department of Justice recently revealed it had completed an operation, authorized under a court order, where the FBI electronically accessed privately-owned Microsoft Exchange servers to fix vulnerabilities exploited by Hafnium, a suspected state-sponsored group operating out of China.

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There has been yet another DarkSide attack, this time on a subsidiary of Toshiba’s European operations. The company reported that as a result of the attack, they shut down network connections between Europe and Japan to mitigate potential risk as the hack is being investigated, and the scope of the cyberattack is not yet known.

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The News: Reuters reported on May 13, 2020 that Ireland’s health service announced it was completely shutting down all IT after experiencing a “significant” ransomware attack. This attack was blamed on threat actors targeting healthcare records. This attack has completely shut down COVID-19 testing, has forced hospitals to cancel not urgent appointments, and shut down diagnostic services.  More from Reuters.

Ireland’s Health System Victim of Ransomware Attack, Completely Shuts Down

Analyst Take: Ireland’s Health Service system made the decision to shut down all IT systems to protect from the attack and also to allow the thoroug...

The News: The Biden administration signed an executive order on Wednesday, May 12, 2020 aimed at hardening the Federal government’s cybersecurity cybersecurity defenses following the Colonial Pipeline hack. More at CNBC.

Biden Administration Signs Executive Order Aimed at Hardening Fed Cybersecurity Defenses

Analyst Take: The executive order signed by President Biden directs the Commerce Department to create new standards for software vendors supplying the federal government. While this executive order immediately followed the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack and the fallout from that, no doubt the recent SolarWinds attack, along with the Microsoft Exchange server attacks play a...

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, Cybersecurity Shorts series, my colleague Fred McClimans and I cover major happenings in the world of cybersecurity over the course of the past week. Our discussion centered on:

The News: Enterprise Password manager Passwordstate, an Australian-based enterprise password management app offered by Click Studios alerted customers late last week of a breach that the company said occurred between April 20 and 22nd.  Read the advisory from Click Studios here.

Enterprise Password Manager Passwordstate Hacked in Supply Chain Attack

Analyst Take:  The compromise of Click Studios’ enterprise password manager Passwordstate involved an automatically delivered in-place upgrade delivered to customers between April 20 and April 22. Hackers inserted a malicious file alongside regular Passwordstate updates, which made its way, largely by way of automatic, in-place updates, onto Passwordstate user...

The News:  A joint advisory was published on Friday, May 7, 2021 by the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre, the FBI, and the NSA focused on Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) and their tactics, techniques and procedures used to target victims. These reports focus on threats posted by APT29, how its methods have evolved, and provides best practices to defend against the threat actor. Read the Joint Advisory here.

The US/UK Governments Issue Cybersecurity Advisory on Russian Threat Actor Activity

Analyst Take: This past Friday was a big day...

The News: Peloton’s leaky API, which exposed private user data, was in the news alongside some other not-so-great news for the fitness brand this last week. The leaky API was first reported by Tech Crunch’s Zach Whittaker, and you can read his story here.

Analyst Take: It has most definitely not been a great few weeks for Peloton. With the recall of all Peloton Tread and Tread+ treadmills after the death of a child and some 70+ injuries after the brand first tried to shake off the concerns of the CPSC, and then later admitting it was...

In this episode of the Futurum Cybersecurity Shorts series, I’m again joined by my colleague and fellow analyst, Fred McClimans for a conversation on cybersecurity issues in six quick vignettes. Today, we covered:

Findings from Syhunt, an application security assessment firm that helps organizations actively guard their mobile and web apps, reported recently on the biggest known compilation of password leaks by a hacker on an internet form. The 100GB data set, called COMB21 (a/k/a Compilation of Many Breaches) was published on an online forum on February 2, 2021 and the ties to government emails are, at best, alarming.

Online cybercrime forums are where hackers post passwords, links, and other information related to data breaches, and the COMB21 data set is one gigantic data set. This particular data set is...

It was reported last week that at least two groups of hackers linked to China have spent months taking advantage of a flaw in Ivanti’s Pulse Connect Secure VPN suite to break into what was defined as a ‘very limited number’ of customers’ systems — but which included at least five federal civilian agencies and financial institutions in the U.S. and beyond. Hackers were able to break into the devices as they were being used. More from Reuters.

Hackers suspected to be linked to China have exploited vulnerabilities in Ivanti’s Pulse Connect Secure VPN products targeting mu...

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, we focus exclusively on cybersecurity, in a series we’re calling Cybersecurity Shorts. Today, I’m joined by fellow analyst Fred McClimans for a conversation on six cybersecurity topics in quick succession. This episode covers:

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, Interview Series, I was joined by my colleague here at Futurum Research, Ron Westfall, and Jason Keane, Head of Digital BSS Product and Solution Line at Ericsson for a conversation around moving BSS journeys to the cloud, and what to consider from the platform prospective with insights from our recently released research report The BSS-to-cloud journey: Powering innovation across the digital value chain

Ericsson on Moving BSS Cloud Journeys Forward – The Platform Perspective

This is the second of two events connected with that recent research into BSS-to-cloud jo...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast – Interview Series I am joined by Gerardo Giaretta, Senior Director of Product Management for Qualcomm. Gerardo leads the 5G Ran Infrastructure Product team, which is experiencing huge growth right now.

Our discussion centered on Qualcomm’s recent 5G RAN partnership announcement and how that is going to impact the industry as a whole.

Qualcomm Teams up with Vodafone

My conversation with Gerardo also revolved around the following:

In this new episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, Interview Series, I’m joined once again by Don Schuerman, the CTO of Pegasystems.

As a preview of Pega’s upcoming Pegaworld iNspire 2021 event, which is being held this coming Tuesday, May 4th from 9am to 11:30am EDT, I wanted to corral Don and talk a little bit about what’s going on in the industry, what’s new and exciting at Pega, and what kinds of problems they are solving for their customers.

For starters, Don and I talked about low code and its proliferation within t...

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, Interview Series, I had a fascinating conversation with Jeff Nicholson, the VP of CRM Product Marketing for Pegasystems about digital experience and what’s ahead in a world powered by autonomous customer service. Our discussion centered on the future of customer service, especially as it relates to digital experience, the ever-changing world of customer expectations, and how autonomous customer service is a game-changer.

Pega’s Take on Digital Experience: What’s Ahead in a World Powered by Autonomous Customer Service

In our conversation about digital experience and a look...

In this edition of the Futurum Tech Webcast, my colleague Ron Westfall and I take a deep dive into the collaborative world of virtual reality and 3D simulations offered by NVIDIA’s Omniverse. First announced as a beta version last fall, NVIDIA’s Omniverse Enterprise is set to hit general availability this summer and has the ability to reshape the future of manufacturing and design, and perhaps much more.

It’s not unusual for technology companies to offer tools to help their customers get the most value of their products or services. But these tools are generally limite...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast – Interview Series I am joined by Rebecca Weekly, VP and GM, Hyperscale Strategy and Execution for Intel. Rebecca leads the team that ensures that all products across the spectrum are optimized for hyperscale. 

Our discussion centered on Intel’s the 3rd Generation Xeon Scalable Processor launch and the role cloud innovation has played in Intel’s ability to deliver high performance for the most in-demand workloads.

Cloud Performance Made Flexible

My conversation with Rebecca also revolved around the following:

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast – Interview Series I am joined by Wei Li, VP, General Manager for Machine Learning Software for Intel. Wei spearheads all aspects of AI software product development for deep learning, statistical machine learning and big data analytics, as well as hardware co-design for AI acceleration on CPU, GPU, and XPU architectures.

Our discussion centered on Intel’s leadership in the AI space following the 3rd Generation Xeon Scalable Processor Launch. It was an excellent conversation and one you don’t want to miss.

The Evolutio...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast – Interview Series I am joined by Manoj Leelanivas, EVP and Chief Product Officer of Juniper Networks. Manoj spearheads all aspects of product development and strategy including the AI-driven enterprise business unit — an exciting role in today’s business world.

Our discussion centered on how Juniper is different from other companies in the networking space including an overview of their experience-first networking strategy. It was an excellent conversation and one you don’t want to miss.

The Future of Networking

My conversa...

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, Interview Series, we’re taking the conversation to LinkedIn Live, and focusing on the BSS-to-Cloud journey that so many communication service providers (CSPs) are currently exploring. I was joined by my colleague here at Futurum, fellow analyst Ron Westfall, and also joined by Miriam Deasy and Rick Mallon from Ericsson. In our conversation, we focused on the findings of a research report that our team at Futurum partnered with Ericsson to develop: BSS-to-Cloud Journey: Powering Innovation Across the Digital Value Chain.

For CSPs, embracing customer-centric business operations and digital en...

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, I was joined once again by my partner, Daniel Newman, for the next installment on our series on Confidential Computing and how vendors are looking to deploy trusted-based computing models, specifically in areas such as Trusted Execution Environments, Enclaves, and homomorphic encryption, as well as a discussion on what's ahead. These conversations are a precursor to a research brief we are in the midst of completing and will hopefully serve to whet your appetite for a deeper dive very soon.

Confidential Computing: How Vendors are Looking to Deploy Trust-Based...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast – Interview Series I am joined by Tien Tzuo, CEO of Zuora, a cloud-based subscription management platform. Zuora enables any company in any industry to be part of the subscription economy, which Tien believes is the future of the business world — and I have to agree.

Our discussion centered on how Zuora is furthering their vision of “The World Subscribed” by delivering software that is a central system of record architected for dynamic, recurring subscription business models. It was an excellent conversation and one you don’t want to miss.

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast/Futurum Tech TV Daniel and I jumped on LinkedIn Live to talk about the news of the new Intel campaign featuring Justin Long, previously known as “The Mac Guy.”

We talked about the new M1 chip that Apple is building as the company shifts from reliance on Intel powering Apple products.

We then talked about Intel’s new campaign, bringing back Justin Long, the “I’m a Mac” guy in a campaign designed to spoof Apple, this time, someone that’s all in on Team PC. What I did not know...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, Interview Series, I was joined by Dell Technologies’ Rick Martinez and John Boyle for a conversation about navigating the hardware security journey. Rick is Senior Distinguished Engineer, Sr. Director at Dell Technologies and John is part of Dell Technologies’ Cyber Security and Supply Chain Defense Product Management team.

Enterprise-wide security requires a shield, or a security posture, that follows and protects devices throughout all aspects of the hardware journey, encompassing the external supply chain, internal implementation, and ongoing end-user operations and device management.

Four Keys to Navigating the...

In this episode of the webcast, I’m joined by Shameem Smillie, the Director of Global Contact Center Solutions at Mitel for a conversation around connection, personalized customer experiences, and what ‘meaningful connections’ mean in a digital world, what the future of work looks like in post-pandemic times — and some practical ways businesses can think about strengthening their communication skills.

Let’s face it, the last year has been a slog. Almost a year ago to the day, for many of us the world shut down, our companies shifted almost overnight to remove work, kids shifted to remote lea...

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast I was joined by my partner and fellow Futurum analyst, Daniel Newman, for a conversation about cybersecurity. Security breaches are frequent, inevitable, can have a big impact on customer trust, can also impact corporate profitability, and quite often can cost a CISO or CIO his or her job.

From the Microsoft Exchange Server attack this past week, to the SolarWinds attack of the last few months – both at the hands of state sponsored actors, one suspected to be of Russian origin and the other Chinese, to well-known cybersecurity breaches li...

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, host Shelly Kramer joined by fellow analyst Fred McClimans for a conversation about some cybersecurity news you may have missed during the week when unexpected weather across the south, horrifying power grid problems and beyond have captured the attention of the nation.

The conversation started with a quick overview of Clubhouse, the current darling of social apps. In a nutshell, Clubhouse, an invitation only social audio app, is powered by Agora, a Chinese-based software company. Other companies using Agora’s software include Bilibi, a $53Bn Chinese video-sharing app with 170M...

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, I’m joined by Tim Yates, the CEO of DataXstream for a conversation around how wholesalers are benefitting from DataXstream’s OMS+.

We’ve been talking a lot about supply chain here at Futurum, and with good reason. A global pandemic has shown us in no uncertain terms how important supply chain is and, in some instances, how precarious ours is. That’s especially true as it relates to some 415,000 wholesale distributors out there, with a combined annual sales of some $7.8 trillion.

We kicked off the show w...

Microsoft announced the launch of Microsoft Viva, an employee experience platform designed to help people connect, focus, learn, and thrive at work. In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, I was joined by my partner and fellow analyst Daniel Newman to talk all things Microsoft Viva.

For starters, a solution like Microsoft Viva is important on a number of fronts — we’ve collectively adapted to hybrid work, business leaders are cognizant of and trying to avoid burnout, and are focused on helping people feel more connected and supported by the organization, and they are also recognizing the...

In this episode of  Futurum Tech Webcast, Interview Series, I was thrilled to host Josh Teitelman, VP of Customer Experience at Allstacks and John Steinmetz, CTO of Convo Communications for a conversation about building a high performing engineering team, and what the secret sauce is that makes that goal a reality.

First a little bit about Convo Communications. Convo, is a deaf-owned company that is all about connecting humans. And it’s safe to say that their understanding of human connection is quite a bit different than the norm. At Convo, they know that in a rapidly-advancing tec...

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, I was joined by my colleague here at Futurum, Olivier Blanchard, for a conversation about chips. We started with a conversation about chips that power mobile devices and took a dive into Olivier’s research on why Honor and Qualcomm’s complete mobile solution makes perfect sense.

We discussed:

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On this episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast – Interview Series I am joined by Nakul Duggal, SVP and General Manager of Automotive at Qualcomm. Nakul leads the team that manages Qualcomm’s automotive strategy, the semiconductor and software portfolio, and the ecosystem development which includes partner relationships. With the explosive growth of electronic and autonomous vehicles, this is a very exciting part of the company to be involved in right now.

Our conversation covered several aspects around the changes in vehicle technology we’ve seen in the last few decades and what we can expect in 2021...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast – Interview Series I am joined by Federico Agnoletto, Senior Economist at GSMA Intelligence. Federico is part of the analyst arm of GSMA, one of the largest trade unions in the world representing mobile operators. GSMA Intelligence provides data and insights on the mobile industry and the wider ecosystem  — a very important topic right now.

Our conversation covered a recent study GSMA did in partnership with Qualcomm about millimeter-wave 5G and the total cost of ownership over the next five years. It was a fascinating conversation and one you do...

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, Interview Series, Futurum co-founder Shelly Kramer hosts a roundtable discussion on how automation is being used in exciting ways in the Oil & Gas industry. Her guests include Brad Onofrio, Sr. Director for Sales Ops for Calumet, Frank Wilson, Business Solutions Manager at Patterson-UTI Management Services and Jon Gilman, CEO and founder of Clear Software. They’re conversation included:

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Women in Tech series, host Shelly Kramer has a conversation with Akanksha Mehrotra, VP Marketing for Dell Technologies on Demand Program and Services & Dell Digital Bus about her work on Project APEX, the trend to everything-as-a-service and end-to-end aaS that we are starting to see a lot of in the marketplace.

This is particularly timely because companies of all sizes are finding that IT operations are just too complex, they are having frustrating experiences with the inconsistency between on prem and off prem management and operations, and they are al...

This episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series is part of our recently launched Women in Tech Series. I’m thrilled to have as my guest today Lisa Joy Rosner, Senior Vice President of Brand and Digital for Oracle. She leads the team that is responsible for all things around the verbal and visual identity of the company. But more than that, and like me, Lisa Joy is living the life of a busy executive while also managing to raise four kids in the process.  

Our conversation was intended to tackle a tech-related topic, but once we realiz...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast – Interview Series I am joined by Mike Nash, Chief Technologist and VP of Customer Experience and Portfolio Strategy, Personal Systems at HP. Mike is responsible for making sure products and technology that HP develops meets the needs of customers — a vital role in today’s business climate.

Our discussion centered on how HP is delivering on the future of work and play at CES 2021 and was a great addition to my conversation with HP’s Alex Cho on The Six Five Podcast with Patrick Moorhead. Be sure to check o...

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, I was joined by my colleague, Fred McClimans, to take a look at the Russian government hack of the multiple government agencies, likely some Fortune 500 companies including telecoms and global accounting firms — and counting. We explored the timeline as we know it today, how the hack happened and the role Texas-based SolarWinds software played in the hack, how it was discovered, and the role the Three As: acquisition, aggregation, and activation of data play in a cyberattack.

For starters, it’s safe to say the U.S. in general has...

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, Interview Series, which we streamed on LinkedIn Live, I’m joined by Don Schuerman, the CTO of Pega for a conversation about the culture of digital transformation based on a recently published Futurum Research report commissioned by Pega.

The Futurum report: Four Insights on the Culture of Digital Transformation Today, was the result of a survey of over 500 business leaders and general staff across North America, EMEA and APAC, with an industry split across automotive, communications, financial services, healthcare, media, and the public sector.

The goal of th...

In this BIZTALKS roundtable I recently hosted, sponsored by AT&T Business, I was joined by Kevin Jackson, CEO of GC Globalnet, Helen Yu, Founder & CEO of Tigon Advisory Corp, and Jason Inskeep, Director of the 5G Center of Excellence at AT&T.

Our conversation in this roundtable discussion was focused on the fact that technology is getting smarter at an incredibly rapid pace. From traffic-routing networks to autonomous vehicles, the future of business will be automated, intelligent, and connected. With that in mind, we wanted to tackle the topic of how business leaders can guide their...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast - Interview Series I am joined by Cristina Rodriguez, Vice President for the Data Center Group and General Manager of the Wireless Access Network Division for Intel. Cristina is part of the global organization that is driving change through 5G network build-out, edge computing, improving AI, and improving radio access networks. It’s an exciting space to be in right now as the demand for faster networks and easier access to data increases across enterprise organizations. 

Our conversation covered several aspects of network transformation including a broad over...

Futurum analysts Daniel Newman and Olivier Blanchard discuss in detail the allegations of the EU against Amazon.

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast – Interview Series I am joined by Jeff Scheaffer, VP of Product Management and Strategy at Cisco. Jeff leads the group focused on networking across data centers, campuses, branches, and the wide area connections — a hot topic right now given the current global situation. Digitization of the network is really the underpinning of a lot that is going on in the changing business world. Developing this foundation for your organization has never been more important. 

Our conversation covered several aspects of network transformation, AI in the network, and intent...

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast host Shelly Kramer is joined by fellow analysts Daniel Newman and Fred McClimans for a conversation around the technology drivers and considerations around the upcoming and highly anticipated COVID-19 vaccinations and the technology that’s involved in making those vaccines a reality.

The conversation revolved around the Pfizer and BioNTech vaccine, which was submitted on Friday for emergency authorization, as well as the Moderna vaccine, which is on a similar track.

The conversation revolved around four key areas where technology can play a significant role. These included:

This week’s episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series featured an interview with DataXstream CEO Tim Yates and SAP Global Head of Wholesale Distribution Magnus Meier. DataXstream is an SAP partner that builds solutions to help customers maximize the effectiveness of their ERP infrastructure in order to get the most out of their SAP investments. Moreover, what they’re doing is working. DataXstream won the 2020 SAP Pinnacle Award as SAP App Center’s Partner of the Year back in April.

In our conversation today, we explored the future of wholesale distribution, including trends in digita...

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, I’m joined by my colleagues here at Futurum Research, Olivier Blanchard and Ron Westfall for a conversation around the battle for DoD 5G and how, and why, that’s flaring up, and a look at what’s ahead.

DoD Use Cases for 5G are Broad

We discussed the fact that DoD use cases for 5G are broad, and it’s not just about secure cellphone communications. These use cases include things like:

This episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast - Interview Series is the tenth and final installment of our Intelligent Enterprise Industry Series — done in partnership with SAP. I welcomed Dr. Betty Moon, an executive advisor for the banking and capital markets industry at SAP to discuss how she is working with enterprise organizations during this time of turmoil to further their intelligent enterprise story. are helping organizations focus on furthering their intelligent enterprise story.

The Interconnected Bank

SAP recently partnered with Oxford Economics to conduct a research study to identify how an i...

This episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast - Interview Series is the ninth installment of our Intelligent Enterprise Industry Series — done in partnership with SAP. I welcomed Paul Larson and John Buckley, executive advisors for the consumer products industry at SAP to discuss how they are helping organizations focus on furthering their intelligent enterprise story.

The Interconnected Consumer Products Company

SAP recently partnered with Oxford Economics to conduct a research study to identify how an interconnected mindset impacts organizations. It also covers the industry’s progress to date. Consumer products companies have m...

This episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast - Interview Series is the eighth installment of our Intelligent Enterprise Industry Series — done in partnership with SAP. I welcomed Lance Senoyuit, an executive advisor for the financial services industry at SAP to discuss how he is helping organizations focus on furthering their intelligent enterprise story.

The Interconnected Insurer

SAP recently partnered with Oxford Economics to conduct a research study to identify how an interconnected mindset impacts organizations. It also covers the industry’s progress to date, along with challenges, benefits, and best practices that a...

It’s been a roller coaster of a week in the U.S., with an election on Tuesday that we figured would be a nail biter. A lot of things came into play — pollsters getting it wrong, social media insanity and propaganda were commonplace, and the importance of data and analytics for projections has never been more important. On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, I’m joined by my colleagues and fellow analysts Olivier Blanchard and Ron Westfall as we take a look at what went down, what we saw from an analysts’ point of view as well as...

This episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast - Interview Series is the seventh installment of our newly launched Intelligent Enterprise Industry Series — done in partnership with SAP — where I will be speaking with advisors and executives across ten different industries on how they are focusing on furthering their intelligent enterprise story. I’m excited to welcome Anthony Sabatini, an executive advisor for the utilities industry at SAP.

The Interconnected Utilities Sector

SAP recently partnered with Oxford Economics to conduct a research study to learn how executives from around the world are managing...

I think we’ll all agree that a global pandemic has permanently changed many aspects of how businesses work, and perhaps none more than the operation of contact centers. The reality is, today more than ever, that contact centers play an outsized role in business operations. That’s true whether you’re a consumer or a manager charged with leading contact center operations — contact centers are the lifeblood of a business. Contact centers are are how customers get taken care of and how business gets done. And with work from home looking as though that’s going to stay around for...

This episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast - Interview Series is the sixth installment of our newly launched Intelligent Enterprise Industry Series — done in partnership with SAP — where I will be speaking with advisors and executives across ten different industries on how they are focusing on furthering their intelligent enterprise story. I’m excited to welcome Maria Mizell, an executive advisor for the public sector industry at SAP.

The Interconnected Public Sector

SAP recently partnered with Oxford Economics to conduct a research study to identify how an interconnected mindset can impact manageme...

This week’s episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, featured an interview with Cisco’s Niraj Gopal. Niraj is the Director of Project Management for Webex Enterprise Security and Compliance and “owns” the 360 degree approach to Webex security, which spans so many things. In our conversation today we explored trends in online collaboration and communications platforms, some key differentiators between platforms, how COVID-19 has changed the way we work (and live), and what’s going on in the enterprise leaders’ minds as it relates to the security afforded by these platforms.

Niraj is responsible for all things rel...

This episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast - Interview Series is the fifth installment of our Intelligent Enterprise Industry Series — done in partnership with SAP. Be sure to check out the other episodes to hear the insights from other industry execs. On this episode, I welcomed Craig Quantz and Stuart Harris, two executive advisors for the professional services industry at SAP to discuss how they are focusing on furthering their intelligent enterprise story.

The Interconnected Professional Services Firm

SAP recently partnered with Oxford Economics to conduct a research study to identify how...

This episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast - Interview Series is the fourth installment of our Intelligent Enterprise Industry Series — done in partnership with SAP. I welcomed Robin Wilson and Randy Evins, two executive advisors for the retail industry at SAP to discuss how they are focusing on furthering their intelligent enterprise story.

The Interconnected Retail Industry

SAP recently partnered with Oxford Economics to conduct a research study to identify how an interconnected mindset impacts organizations, especially the connection between systems thinking and business outcomes. Many retailers have broken down barriers, but...

This episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast - Interview Series is the third installment of our Intelligent Enterprise Industry Series — done in partnership with SAP. I welcomed David Shimbo and Craig Kindleman, two executive advisors for the oil and gas industry at SAP to discuss how they are focusing on furthering their intelligent enterprise story.

The Interconnected Oil and Gas Sector

SAP recently partnered with Oxford Economics to conduct a research study to identify how an interconnected mindset impacts organizations including how data has impacted the supply chain and ways organizations are...

This episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast - Interview Series is the second installment of our newly launched Intelligent Enterprise Industry Series — done in partnership with SAP — where I will be speaking with advisors and executives across ten different industries on how they are focusing on furthering their intelligent enterprise story. I’m excited to welcome Gary Nelson, an executive advisor for the industrial machinery and components industry at SAP.

The Interconnected Industrial Manufacturer

SAP recently partnered with Oxford Economics to conduct a research study to identify how an interconnected mindset impacts...

This episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast - Interview Series is part of our newly launched Intelligent Enterprise Industry Series — done in partnership with SAP — where I will be speaking with advisors and executives across ten different industries on how they are focusing on furthering their intelligent enterprise story. I’m excited to welcome Tom Madonna, an executive advisor for the automotive industry at SAP.

The Interconnected Automaker

SAP recently partnered with Oxford Economics to conduct a research study to identify how an interconnected mindset impacts organizations, including how data has impacted...

This episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series is part of our newly launched Women in Tech Series. Shelly Kramer, founding partner and senior analyst at Futurum Research welcomes Jasmina Omic, with Riscure, a global security lab offering security services and tools.

Today’s conversation revolved around cybersecurity and the IoT,

highlighting industry-wide security concerns related to the IoT and a discussion on the importance of being PSA Certified. PSA Certified offers a framework for security connected devices, from analysis, to security assessment, and certification. The framework provides standardized resources to help resol...

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, Futurum analysts Shelly Kramer and Ron Westfall discuss the digital divide and explore where the telco industry is in its journey to closing that divide. We explore how closing the digital divide is a top priority for government and society the world over, and how service providers can rise to meet the needs and challenges the digital divide presents.

The topics explored include:

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast – Interview Series I am joined by Sonny Dasgupta. Sonny is the Head of Product Marketing for the SAP Customer Data Cloud, a foundational pillar under the SAP customer experience business. The SAP Customer Data Cloud solutions – which includes the SAP Customer Identity, SAP Customer Consent and SAP Customer Profile solutions — enables businesses to deliver better customer experiences, and develop trusted relationships with customers by allowing them more control over what data is used — a must have in today’s world.

Our conversation covered several aspects of the future of c...

This episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, is part of our Women in Tech and features Women Who Tech’s Allyson Kapin. Kapin is  the founder of Women Who Tech, the largest network of women-led startups, investors, and allies working to increase diversity and funding in tech. Women Who Tech is a nonprofit organization working to build a culture and inclusive economy focused on accelerating women tech entrepreneurs and closing the funding gap.

Women Who Tech conducted The State of Women in Tech and Startups 2020 research study to identify what barriers and challenges people...

On this special episode of The Futurum Tech Podcast - Interview Series host Daniel Newman welcomes Yaron Sverdlov, General Manager of SmartOps Division at Amdocs to discuss the impact COVID-19 has had on digital transformation and cloud migration of service providers and where we go from here.

Yaron and I explored how COVID-19 has impacted digital transformation within the telecommunications industry. Compared to companies in other industries, telecom companies were already well into digital transformation, providing the infrastructure we all need to stay connected. But almost overnight there was a greater demand for connection. Yaron s...

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, Futurum analysts Shelly Kramer and Sarah Wallace discuss digital transformation trends in Big Tech and how strategic, collaborative partnerships is a trend we’re going to see more of. Collaborative partnerships allow vendors to leverage one another’s strengths and serve customers in more effective, more meaningful ways.

In our conversation, we explored some strategic collaborative Big Tech partnerships including:

Cisco and ServiceNow

Siemens and Salesforce

Workday and Salesforce

Siemens and HPE

IBM and Adobe

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On this special episode of The Futurum Tech Podcast - Interview Series host Daniel Newman welcomes Chandrashekar LSP, Product Evangelist at Zoho to discuss a recent work engagement survey, how COVID-19 has impacted IT architecture and how to revamp your IT architecture with one easy test.

LSP and I explored how COVID-19 has accelerated digital transformation. Every company, no matter the industry, was impacted. Most had no choice but to pivot. In the last six months, we’ve seen more digital transformation than the last decade. There has been a tremendous increase in technology adoption as...

On this special episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast - Interview Series, host Daniel Newman welcomes Maria Morais, Global Industry Director - Consumer Industries at SAP to discuss retail and the shifting forces that are having an impact in the industry, including the technology behind it all.

Maria and I explored the trends that retail companies are watching and implementing as things return to normal in the post-pandemic era. The biggest trend is focusing on digital maturity. Companies that were already customer-centric, digitalizing processes across the organization have been able to embrace the unknowns brought a...

On this special episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast - Interview Series, host Daniel Newman welcomes Karthik Rau, General Manager of Application Management at Splunk to discuss observability and application monitoring, COVID-19, and how IT departments are dealing with the recent changes brought about by the pandemic.

Karthik and I explored the rapid acceleration of digital initiatives due to COVID-19. Pre-pandemic, we were seeing companies slowly adopt digital transformation initiatives. But almost overnight, this progress was rapidly accelerated as companies were forced to go digital. We’ve seen a rapid adoption of SaaS solutions and oth...

For this week’s episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, Futurum’s Daniel Newman and Sarah Wallace discuss major cloud announcements by vendors such as HPE, Oracle, AWS, Microsoft, and IBM that have been made in the last few weeks. These announcements confirm that there is continued momentum in cloud, especially during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic when companies have had shift to accelerate their digital transformation.

This webcast covered announcements from:

For this week’s episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, analysts Shelly Kramer and Sarah Wallace discuss how the Future of Work has transformed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The tech industry has seen major announcements vendors regarding remote collaboration, workplace transformation and safety, and distance certification.

Their conversation includes a look at:

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, analysts Fred McClimans and Shelly Kramer explore the topic of future-proofing the enterprise and transforming business operations. No politics, no economics — just a hard look at the importance of putting a plan process that doesn’t just digitize things today and answer the easy questions (e.g. do we use Microsoft Teams or Cisco Webex for our meetings?), but which truly transforms operations in order to make the business as a whole more resilient and more agile moving forward.

Our conversation in the show today includes the impor...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast – Interview Series, host Daniel Newman welcomes Tim Tully, CTO and Senior Vice President of Splunk to discuss leadership through the crisis, how companies have changed in the last three months and new approaches to cloud, AI and ML technologies. Tim also gave a quick overview of .conf20, Splunk’s upcoming virtual tech conference this October.

In our conversation, Tim and I explored how businesses have changed in the last few months. Digital transformation has been pushed forward faster than ever before with more technology adoption and better commu...

On this special episode of The Futurum Tech Podcast - Interview Series host Daniel Newman welcomes Raju Vegesna, Chief Evangelist at Zoho to discuss data privacy and security including examining Zoho’s new bold stance on privacy. In the last few years, it seems like the respect of privacy has declined. Ad networks collect massive amounts of information about consumers, giving seemingly endless targeting options to companies, but there is no control given to the user about what information is collected — and that needs to change.

Raju and I explored how companies use adjunct surveillance to ma...

In this episode of Futurum Tech Webcast, host Daniel Newman and Senior Analyst and Research Director Olivier Blanchard discuss the state and direction of the ever-expanding world of artificial intelligence (AI), and how, from the cloud to the edge, AI is expanding its reach including how chipmakers are driving the future of AI.

In their discussion, Olivier and Daniel explored the business, societal, and other broad implications of this expansion, as well as how will these different tiers of AI technology will likely work together. They also touched on the following:

On this special episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast Interview Series, host Daniel Newman is joined by Doug Merritt, CEO of Splunk, to discuss the five steps for a data-driven future including how to establish data principles that make for a clear future. Without data we are flying blind — something companies can’t afford to do in our current competitive environment.

In our conversation, Doug and I explored the questions companies need to ask to define their data principles. There’s a billion different ways data can be sliced, diced, collected, analyzed, and utilized, but you hav...

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, host Daniel Newman and Senior Analyst and Research Director Sarah Wallace examined the emerging cloud for healthcare market, the impact COVID-19 has had on cloud providers, risks during implementation and transformation, and the need for a security-first environment.

In their discussion, Daniel and Sarah explored the many advancements that have been made in the last few months as well as what’s to come. They discussed:

In this special episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast Daniel Newman and Senior Analyst and Research Director Ron Westfall assess the 5G Security market, examining why 5G security warrants its own special requirements and considerations, what service providers need to do to make 5G security impregnable, the key use cases, the significance of endpoint security, the role of the 5G ecosystem, and why now is the time for action.

In their discussion, Daniel and Ron investigated the reasons why 5G security is of paramount importance to the 5G ecosystem, especially service providers. They discussed:

On this special episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast - Interview Series, host Daniel Newman welcomes Rahul Patel, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Connectivity and Networking Business Unit at Qualcomm. The conversation centered around new Qualcomm announcements including the WiFi 6 extension.

Rahul and I spent time discussing the shift to a remote work environment for a big company like Qualcomm. Like all companies, the shift was almost overnight with employees needing to work from home, but unlike most companies, Qualcomm still needed some employees to be on-campus to continue manufacturing. The leadership team w...

On this special episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast - Interview Series, host Daniel Newman is joined by Logan Wilt, AI data scientist and Applied AI Center of Excellence Garage Leader at DXC Technology to talk about using AI to approach problem solving and the human-machine relationship we are now encountering. We also discussed how organizations can get started with AI and data collection — a must for the time we are living in.

In our conversation, Logan and I discussed the coexistence of AI and humans. Despite the sci-fi movies, AI won’t ever fully repla...

In this special episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast - Interview Series, host Daniel Newman is joined by Scott Harrell, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Intent Based Networking Group at Cisco to discuss the challenges and opportunities in the enterprise introduced by the pandemic and how existing technology will help us safely return to normal.

Scott and Daniel covered a wide range of topics all related to the challenges and opportunities brought about by COVID-19 and how enterprises and learning to use the technology that they have to ensure business continuity both with e...

In this special episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast — Interview Series, host Shelly Kramer interviews Rob Walker, Pega’s VP of decisioning and analytics to discuss the role AI is playing in the pandemic, the launch of Pega’s Responsible AI ethical bias check, how empathy and ethics come into play and impact the bottom line, and also how organizations can benefit from leveraging AI moving forward.

This conversation is intended as a preview to Pega’s upcoming Pegaworld iNspire virtual event being held on June 2, 2020, from 9 to 11:30am EDT. This high impact, low time commitmen...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast - Interview Series, host Daniel Newman welcomes Amanda Mountain, the Global Vice President of Marketing for Digital Commerce at SAP to discuss digital software buying, COVID-19 and some key findings from the 2019 B2B Digital Buyers’ Journey: Trends, Challenges, and Predictions report.

B2B Digital Buyers’ Journey

In late 2019, Futurum Research, in partnership with SAP published a research report on the digital buyers’ journey. Prior to the study, there was existing research that identified the consumerization of the B2B experience. Amanda shared that SAP...

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast — Interview Series, host Shelly Kramer is joined by Jeff Nicholson, global head of CRM at Pega to discuss how businesses are adapting customer service strategies in times of disruption.

This conversation is intended as a preview to Pega’s upcoming Pegaworld iNspire virtual event being held on June 2, 2020, from 9 to 11:30am EDT. This high impact, low time commitment, interactive virtual event is free, sure to be packed with great information, and also available on demand for all registrants — you’ll find a registration link at the bottom of these...

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast, Interview Series, host Shelly Kramer speaks with

Marc Andrews, VP of Financial Services and Insurance at Pega, to discuss how banks are capitalizing on pandemic-fueled digital transformation to serve their customers.

This conversation is intended as a preview to Pega’s upcoming Pegaworld iNspire virtual event being held on June 2, 2020, from 9 to 11:30am EDT. This high impact, low time commitment, interactive virtual event is free, sure to be packed with great information, and also available on demand for all registrants. Register for Pegaworld iNsprire here.

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast - Interview Series, host Daniel Newman welcomes Jeni Panhorst, Vice President and General Manager of Network and Edge Platforms Division at Intel for a conversation about the future of 5G and edge innovation.

Technology Companies are Essential

Intel, like most companies in the last few months, has had to pivot to figure out how to deliver what other companies and the world needs right now to fight this pandemic. Whether it’s just dealing with the changes in the way that we work, bein...

In this new episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, senior analyst Sarah Wallace joined host Shelly Kramer to discuss the COVID-19 driven evolution of the financial services sector as a precursor to the release of their upcoming Financial Services Market Insight report. Their coverage in this episode included what’s now, what’s next, and what’s important to know about if you’re operating in this space.

Topics discussed ranged from:

Leading tech analysts from Futurum Research offer weekly deep dives on the latest in tech news, new products and services, mergers, earnings, regulations, and more, from startups to industry leaders, emerging tech and what’s ahead for industries across the globe, along with interviews with tech industry leaders and experts.

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast, Interview Series, I’m joined by Don Schuerman, the CTO of Pega, a leader in software for customer engagement and intelligent automation, for a conversation about how the COVID-19 pandemic is perhaps a catalyst that a lot of businesses need...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast - Interview Series, host Daniel Newman welcomes Alexey Gerasimov, Vice President of Global Cloud Delivery for HPE to discuss cloud consumption, the benefits of the cloud, and how to find the right mix of cloud for your business.

The Value of the Cloud in the Face of COVID-19

We have built a culture of face to face collaboration, but how we approach business and collaboration has changed in the last few months. Cloud has enabled us to be able to work from home. It...

On this special edition of the Futurum Tech Podcast - Interview Series, host Daniel Newman welcomes Mark Hughes, Senior Vice President of Security at DXC Technology to discuss the CISO’s playbook for leading security during COVID-19.

The Current Cybersecurity Landscape

Cybersecurity challenges and threats are not getting any better or easier to manage. CISOs confront new threats, new threat actors, and new strains of malware and ransomware constantly. We used to be concerned with confidentiality attacks where information was being stolen, but now there is an increasing escalation in targeted atta...

On this special episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast - Interview Series, host Daniel Newman welcomes Dan Rodriguez, Vice President Network Platforms Group and GM Communication Infrastructure Division at Intel to discuss the proliferation of 5G, network platforms, and the impact COVID-19 is having on technology.

Intel’s Response to COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has made it clear that technology is an essential part of our lives and how we conduct business. Intel has pledged an additional $50 billion to help support the use of technology for patient care, online education, and scie...

On this episode of Navigate, a special six-part podcast series with Pexip and Futurum Research, host Daniel Newman talks with Jordan Owens, VP of Architecture at Pexip, about how video fits into your long term digital workplace strategy.

Video Complements In-Person Meetings

COVID-19 forced companies to turn to video to work effectively and to connect with teams and employees now spread out across the country. While video is great for maintaining face-to-face interactions when remote, there will always be value in meeting in person. When we come out of this pandemic an...

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, Daniel Newman is joined by partner and fellow analyst Shelly Kramer to explore what pandemic marketing looks like for Big Tech. Their conversation revolved around things to keep in mind as we transition to digital events and other marketing tactics — and the important pivot needed by Big Tech in order to stay connected with customers and prospects in the year ahead.

Their conversation explored how companies are dealing with the events that they’ve been relying on for decades are cancelled, and what a “new normal” in terms of...

On this episode of Navigate, a special six-part podcast series with Pexip and Futurum Research, host Daniel Newman talks with Giles Chamberlain about how to approach privacy and security for your video conferencing solutions.

Video Conferencing Popularity Bringing Privacy and Security to the Forefront

In the last month, video conferencing has seen an explosion in popularity due to shelter-in-place orders. More people are on video than ever before, but this huge increase has also brought increased security concerns. Zoombombing and other video conferencing breaches have made headlines for weeks. Enterprises are re...

On this special edition of the Futurum Tech Podcast - Interview Series, host Daniel Newman welcomed Richard Davies, Vice President at DXC Technology and Managing Director of Leading Edge Forum and Caitlin McDonald, Digital Anthropologist at Leading Edge Forum. Richard and Caitlin discussed findings from a recent report from LEF and the accelerated digital transformation that’s happening due to COVID-19.

Reconfiguring the Collaborative Workspace

Even before the pandemic we were seeing a massive shift in the way that people are working. Caitlin and Richard shared insights from The Leading Edge Foru...

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, I’m joined by my colleague Olivier Blanchard and our focus today is on a discussion around contact tracing apps — and what these apps mean for privacy in the era of COVID-19. With the development and deployment of contract tracing apps, are privacy and security concerns taking a back seat when it comes to combating the COVID-19 pandemic?

Olivier has written a lot on the topic of privacy and security concerns the world over in recent months. He has also covered the Google Apple partnership in a recen...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast - Interview Series host Daniel Newman welcomes Chadd Kenney, Vice President and Chief Technologist at Clumio to discuss cloud and data storage, Backup as a Service, and the latest happenings in the company.

Making Backup as a Service Simple

Cloud solutions are mission-critical for the enterprise these days, but nobody really likes to manage these complex systems. Most enterprises have data spread across public and private clouds and SaaS solutions. Ensuring that all data — everywhere — is backed up properly can be a headache.

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On this special edition of the Futurum Tech Podcast Interview Series, host Daniel Newman welcomed Faisal Siddiqi, Chief Technologist, Innovation and Ecosystems at DXC Technology and Chris Swan, CTO of Global Delivery at DXC Technology. In this episode, the two talked to Daniel about the current state of upskilling and technology in the workforce especially in the wake of COVID-19.

COVID-19 Pushing Digital Transformation Forward

Almost overnight, companies around the world have been forced to change how they work,  bringing in a lot of new technologies to help the business run eff...

On this special edition of the Futurum Tech Podcast - Interview Series host Daniel Newman welcomes Rafael Sweary, President and Co-founder of WalkMe to discuss COVID-19, successful business pivots in the wake of a crisis and what the future now looks like for the company.

How WalkMe Addressed COVID-19

WalkMe was built around digital transformation. The ultimate goal of the company is to help other companies adopt technology faster. The Digital Adoption Platform was designed as a guidance system to simplify the user experience. Digital transformation is the name of the ga...

In this special edition of the Futurum Tech Podcast - Interview Series, host Daniel Newman welcomes Jason Mann, Vice President of IoT at SAS. Daniel and Jason discussed SAS’s response to COVID-19 and the impact IoT and AIoThave had on businesses all over the world.

Analytics to Fight COVID-19

It’s almost cliche to say that we are living in an unprecedented time, but it’s still the case. SAS, like all companies, had to quickly reprioritize and pivot within the last month. The first priority obviously was the health and safe...

3D printing technology has the potential to impact almost every industry in the world — whether it’s creating replacement parts for machines to quickly developing prototypes from scratch. Today, the impact 3D printing is having on the global fight against the coronavirus COVID-19 is significant. In this episode of our show, my colleague and fellow analyst Sarah Wallace and I take a look at the role 3D printing is playing — from rapidly creating protective face shields, respirator masks, nasal swabs and ventilator parts for use by front line workers and hospitals — to the challenges the industry faces, to spotlighting companie...

On this special episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast — Interview Series, host Daniel Newman welcomes Bill Boswell, Vice President of Marketing at the Siemens Digital Industries Software, to discuss digital transformation in the age of COVID-19 and what companies across all industries are facing.

It’s Not Time to Slow Down

We are in an unprecedented time right now. Companies have the opportunity to pause and look at what they’re doing across the board. How they’re operating, what technologies are being used, how employees function. This is not the time to sl...

On this special edition of The Futurum Tech Podcast - Interview Series host Daniel Newman welcomed Masum Mir, Vice President of Product for 5G Automation and Software for Cisco. Daniel and Masum discussed what Cisco has been doing to help the community during the COVID-19 pandemic, the transformation to software-defined infrastructure and what our new normal will look like after the pandemic is over.

How Cisco is Helping the Community

Cisco has made a big commitment to employees, partners, clients and the public during this pandemic. The company has pledged $225 million to...

This episode of the Futurum Tech Video Podcast focuses on the post-pandemic business model and why rethinking and reworking should come before rebuilding and recovering. We decided to highlight just a few business categories with a view toward how they might rethink and rework their post-pandemic business models. Our focus in this discussion was on five categories: Education, Retail, Manufacturing, B2B Marketing and Sales, and Entertainment (Travel, Destinations, Sports). Here’s a look at what our analysts think is important to consider when rethinking the post-pandemic business model — and where we go from here.

On this special edition of the Futurum Tech Podcast Interview Series host Daniel Newman welcomes Eric Vogel, Global Vice President of Customer Experience with HPE Greenlake. Daniel and Eric discussed data storage solutions, consumption-based business models as well as how HPE is helping in the fight against COVID-19.

HPE is Helping in the Fight Against COVID-19

Currently, HPE is working on giving back to the global community to help in the fight against COVID-19 in a few ways. First, the company has set up a global matching relief fund where they pl...

On this special edition of The Futurum Tech Podcast - Interview Series host Daniel Newman welcomes Satish Thomas, Director of Product Management for Microsoft Dynamics 365 to discuss data, marketing technology, and customer insights in our current situation.

Data Is Everything

Our world is undergoing a fundamental change. Data is coming out of everything and everywhere. When customers call your company, use your product, interact with your social media posts, visit your website, they are creating a data profile about themselves. A customer Data Platform (CDP) takes all this previously siloed data an...

In this special edition of the Futurum Tech Podcast – Interview Series host Daniel Newman welcomed Doug Merritt, CEO of Splunk to discuss how data applies to everything — even in the fight against COVID-19, business continuity, and what Splunk is doing outside of the COVID-19 realm.  

Looking at Data Differently

At the foundation of digital transformation is data. About five weeks ago, Splunk created a series of free dashboards hosted in the cloud that showed data about the spread of the virus and a myriad of characteristics around it. Companies can easily downloa...

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast, I’m joined by my colleague and fellow analyst, Olivier Blanchard, in a discussion about the COVID-19 related rapid deployment of tech that we are experiencing as a result of the coronavirus outbreak and the new security risks posed as a result. Our goal is to highlight some of those security risks, offer suggestions on how to mitigate those risks, and also explore some other goings on in the world of cybersecurity along the way, largely driven as well by the COVID-19 pandemic we are slogging through the world over.

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For this week’s episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast, host Shelly Kramer is joined by Sarah Wallace and Ron Westfall. In our Main Dive discussion, they talked about Zoho, Zoom, Cisco, Intel, Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and other tech brands who are doing good in tough times.

From Cisco offering free Webex licenses to employees working from home to Zoom offering K-12 schools the use of its video conference platform for free, tech companies are stepping up and doing what they can to help businesses, schools, workers, teachers, students, and communities stay connected and try to...

In the latest episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast, The Interview Series, Daniel Newman welcomes Dr. George Mathew, who is an internal medicine physician and Chief Medical Officer for the Americas for DXC Technology. He also welcomes Paul Thompson, Vice President of Global Healthcare Strategy and Product Development for DXC Technology. In this podcast episode, the two talked to Dan about the current state of price transparency in the medical field—and how technology can improve this issue.

First, they agreed on the fact that most patients don’t think about what the real cost of a p...

As the coronavirus COVID-19 sweeps into our lives, remote work (and remote learning) are rapidly becoming the “new normal” for many of us, ushering in a new means of communication and collaboration. We thought it would be an interesting topic to dive into for our Futurum Tech podcast. In this episode, I’m joined by my fellow analysts and colleagues at Futurum Research, Sarah Wallace and Fred McClimans, and all three of us have decades of experience working remotely. While using video communication platforms and various other collaboration platforms is as common as checking email for the three of us, we...

In the latest episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast, The Interview Series, Daniel Newman welcomes three experts to talk about robotic process automation (RPA) and intelligent automation (IA). Francis Carden is one of the founders of OpenSpan and is currently VP of Digital Automation and Robotics at Pegasystems. Lee Coulter is CEO of transformAI, and Jon Gilman is CEO of Clear Software. Together, they gave Dan some great insight on the future of RPA and IA.

To start off, they defined RPA as a method of automating existing work, such as rote work people have be...

This week’s episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast, included analysts Daniel Newman, Fred McClimans and Sarah Wallace. We discussed the collaboration and e-learning opportunities that may arise from the coronavirus outbreak. We also covered financial cloud startup Thought Machine receiving next round of funding, Cisco Webex’s global support of customers during this time, Elliott Management buying stake in Twitter, AT&T launching its AT&T TV service nationwide and Microsoft entering the RPA space.
Let’s dive in.

The Main Dive:  A discussion of what it means for collaboration and e-learning as a result of the...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast, host Olivier Blanchard was joined by colleague and fellow analyst, Ron Westfall. They discuss what organizations need to know about the EU’s newly proposed guidelines for artificial intelligence and Apple’s hit to the bottom line as a result of the coronavirus outbreak. They also cover the T-Mobile Sprint merger and what they think is ahead in the telecoms market and explored thoughts about the role automation will play in 5G operations. Lastly, they cover news that Google is cracking down on Google Play apps that track location in the back...

On this week’s episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast, Shelly Kramer is joined by her colleague and fellow analyst, Olivier Blanchard. In our Main Dive, we tackled this week’s news of the injunction issued by a judge in the case filed by Amazon protesting the award of the Pentagon’s $10Bn 10-year Department of Defense contract (referred to as the JEDI contract) to Microsoft.

THIS WEEK’s FAST FIVE

This episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast, The Interview Series, is sponsored by SAP and Vistex. Daniel Newman is joined by Richard Whittington, Senior Vice President of Media and Entertainment for SAP and Amos Biegun, Global Head of Rights and Royalties for Vistex. Today they are talking about media entertainment. For everybody out there that wants to think about this even at a simpler level, they're going to talk about what's going on with content and streaming and what you're listening to in those little earbuds every day.

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